SUSE update for salt

1) Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

EUVDB-ID: #VU58294

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-2021-21996

CWE-ID: N/A

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to the way Salt download URL. A local user with control over the file source URL and its source_hash URL can gain full file system access as root on a salt minion.

Mitigation

Update the affected package salt to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Transactional Server: 15-SP2

SUSE MicroOS: 5.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications: 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem: 15-SP2

salt-zsh-completion: before 3002.2-49.2

salt-bash-completion: before 3002.2-49.2

salt-doc: before 3002.2-49.2

salt-fish-completion: before 3002.2-49.2

salt-syndic: before 3002.2-49.2

salt-standalone-formulas-configuration: before 3002.2-49.2

salt-ssh: before 3002.2-49.2

salt-proxy: before 3002.2-49.2

salt-master: before 3002.2-49.2

salt-cloud: before 3002.2-49.2

salt-api: before 3002.2-49.2

salt-transactional-update: before 3002.2-49.2

salt-minion: before 3002.2-49.2

salt: before 3002.2-49.2

python3-salt: before 3002.2-49.2

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20213556-1/

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.