SUSE update for salt

1) Command Injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU58292

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-31607

CWE-ID: CWE-77 - Command injection

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to command injection in the snapper module. A local user can escalate privileges on a minion.

Mitigation

Update the affected package salt to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Transactional Server: 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem: 15-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications: 15-SP3

salt-zsh-completion: before 3002.2-8.41.8.1

salt-bash-completion: before 3002.2-8.41.8.1

salt-minion: before 3002.2-8.41.8.1

salt-doc: before 3002.2-8.41.8.1

salt: before 3002.2-8.41.8.1

python3-salt: before 3002.2-8.41.8.1

salt-fish-completion: before 3002.2-8.41.8.1

salt-syndic: before 3002.2-8.41.8.1

salt-standalone-formulas-configuration: before 3002.2-8.41.8.1

salt-ssh: before 3002.2-8.41.8.1

salt-proxy: before 3002.2-8.41.8.1

salt-master: before 3002.2-8.41.8.1

salt-cloud: before 3002.2-8.41.8.1

salt-api: before 3002.2-8.41.8.1

salt-transactional-update: before 3002.2-8.41.8.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20211951-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.