Insecure handling of ssh keys used to bootstrap clients allows local attackers to potentially gain access to the keys

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:0485-1 advisory.

    cobbler:

    - Build the appendline correctly for RHEL-family <= 9 (bsc#1216437)
    - Notify to 'systemd' when cobblerd startup is finished (bsc#1215982)
    - Enable ppc64(le) buildiso support (bsc#1214077)

    grafana-formula:

    - Version 0.10.0
      * Replace legacy message queue metrics with Salt queue metrics
      * Grafana formula should not be supported in a Proxy/Retail

    inter-server-sync:

    - Version 0.3.2-1
      * Fix conflict in rhndistchannelmap (bsc#1216114)

    jose4j:

    - CVE-2023-31582: Insecure Password-Based Encryption Iteration Count (bsc#1216609)

    liberate-formula:

    - Version 0.1.0
      * Provide liberate-formula, a formula for converting a system to SUSE Liberty Linux

    patterns-suse-manager:

    - Add liberate-formula to the required packages for the server       to get it installed by default

    prometheus-formula:

    - Version 0.8.0
      * Fix federation endpoint
      * Add remote write configuration
      * Add group filtering for service discovery relabeling         configuration
    - Version 0.7.1
      * Fix PrometheusNotIngestingSamples false positive alerts         (bsc#1216550)

    prometheus-postgres_exporter:

    - Do not build debug if RHEL >= 8
    - Do not strip if SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP3
    - Build at least with with Go >= 1.18 on RHEL
    - Build with Go >= 1.20 elsewhere

    saltboot-formula:

    - Update to version 0.1.1701196218.b6b8ca1
      * Remove f-formating to be compatible with python < 3.6
      * Update packaging not to package salt directories
    - Update to version 0.1.1692188980.9aa0455

    spacecmd:

    - Version 4.3.26-1
      * Update translation strings

    spacewalk-backend:

    - Version 4.3.27-1
      * Fix issue in 'spacewalk-repo-sync' when RPM packages contains files with         size greater than 4GB (bsc#1219151)
    - Version 4.3.26-1
      * Fix decompressing and renaming bzip2 comps files in reposync
      * Update query to the new credentials structure
      * Remove normalize_orphan_vendor_packages and move it to taskomatic (bsc#1216781)
      * Skip syncing packages with incorrect metadata (bsc#1213738)
      * Update translation strings

    spacewalk-certs-tools:

    - version 4.3.22-1
      * Skip deploying the CA into the Salt directory on proxies (bsc#1219850)
    - Version 4.3.21-1
      * Deploy the CA certificate also into the Salt filesystem (bsc#1219577)
    - Version 4.3.20-1
      * Handle server keys in PKCS8 format in mgr-ssl-cert-setup (bsc#1218615)
      * Include reboot info beacon in the bootstrap script for transactional systems (bsc#1217588)

    spacewalk-client-tools:

    - Version 4.3.18-1
      * Update translation strings

    spacewalk-java:

    - Version 4.3.71-1
      * Generate server SSH key also when bootstrapping regular Minions (bsc#1219449)
    - Version 4.3.70-1
      * Fix the use of page size preference in systems and packages lists (bsc#1217209)
      * Fix issue with disabling token check not working (bsc#1218669)
      * Enforce snakeyaml version requirement (bsc#1215166)
      * Improve the performance of paginated queries when syncing the         reporting database (bsc#1211912, bsc#1213079)
      * Do not require entitlement for Pay-as-you-go SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP (bsc#1217069)
      * Use the base product file to show the correct SUSE Manager         product in the subscription matching results page
      * Do not require entitlements if SUSE Manager is Pay-as-you-go
      * Exclude SUSE Manager from subscription matching if it's Pay-as-you-go
      * Refactor Credentials to a proper class hierarchy
      * Fix unit test about duplicated packages
      * Prevent installation of packages with same name         in a single action (bsc#1214791)
      * When canceling an action which has prerequisites, return hints to         get the first action id which can be canceled (bsc#1216988)
      * Fix exception when removing a Debian package (bsc#1216781)
      * Fix XSS in taskomatic XML RPC handler (bsc#1210911)
      * Improve logging for Product Migration (bsc#1218490)
      * Add only 1 IP for Cloud RMT Host in /etc/hosts
      * Change org for orphan vendor packages that an admin can delete (bsc#1216781)
      * Expose the monitoring data for the Salt queue handling the Salt results
      * Provide total number of CPUs for SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro systems to subscription matcher         when it is not used as hypervisor to match vCore subscriptions correctly         (bsc#1218074)
      * Try to download compressed Ubuntu USN database
      * Add user information to system organization transfer message (bsc#1216753)
      * CVE-2023-32189: Fix issue with Salt SSH keys for Salt SSH Minions (bsc#1170848)
      * Add notification in daily email in addition to in SUSE Manager home page when         SUSE Manager Pay-as-you-go is not compliant
      * Fix apidoc link from #top to $call.name (bsc#1213507)
      * Add config option to disable remote commands from web UI (bsc#1217869)
      * Address high rating Sonar issues
      * Refactor SUSE Customer Center registration flow
      * Avoid blocking Taskomatic thread when waiting for queued action (bsc#1211560)
      * Fix modify kickstart profile when using 'Always newest tree' option (bsc#1215813)
      * Configure reboot method for SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro when applying bootstrap state (bsc#1213981)
      * Handle not existing known_host file in permission check
      * Fix handling of proxy ssh public keys
      * Include reboot required indication for non-Suse distros

    spacewalk-setup:

    - Version 4.3.19-1
      * Update query to the new credentials structure
      * Fix setting SUSE Customer Center password during setup

    spacewalk-utils:

    - Version 4.3.19-1
      * Add SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 and 5.5 to spacewalk-commons-channels

    spacewalk-web:

    - Version 4.3.37-1
      * Fix the use of page size preference in systems and packages lists (bsc#1217209)
      * Fix issue displaying Ansible playbook name (bsc#1216657)
      * Add support for `PaygNotCompliantWarning` notification
      * Bump web.version to 4.3.11

    subscription-matcher:

    - Version 0.35
      * Added missing part number
    - Version 0.34
      * Enabled support for Long Term Service Pack Support subscriptions (bsc#1218075)
      * Added SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro vCore handling (bsc#1218074)
      * Added new SKUs and new bundles

    supportutils-plugin-susemanager:

    - Version 4.3.10-1
      * Update query to the new credentials structure

    susemanager:

    - Version 4.3.34-1
      * Rename Open Enterprise Server label to OES23.4 (bsc#1215514)
      * Verify in Yast FQDN with name returned via DNS reverse lookup
      * CVE-2023-32189: Fix issue with Salt SSH keys for Salt SSH Minions (bsc#1170848)

    susemanager-build-keys:

    - Version 15.4.10
      * Add new Almalinux 8 GPG Key (bsc#1218849)
      * Refresh extended Uyuni GPG public key

    susemanager-docs_en:

    - Removed obsolete traditional to Salt migration documentation from       the System Types section of the Client Configuration Guide and       updated the Migrate traditional clients to Salt clients section
    - Fixed navigation bar of Client Configuration Guide (bsc#1218089)
    - Added openSUSE Leap to Supported Features navigation list in Client       Configuration Guide (bsc#1218094)
    - Described new monitoring metrics for Salt queue in Administration       Guide
    - Fixed xrefs for internal book references
    - Removed mentioning that CVE number for CVE auditing is optional       (bsc#1218019)
    - Corrected channel names for CentOS 7 Updates and Extras in CentOS       Client Configuration Guide
    - Documented bootstrap settings for SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro in       Client Configuration Guide (bsc#1216394)
    - Corrected command mgr-push to mgrpush in Administration Guide       (bsc#1215810)
    - Updated Red Hat OVAL data URL and file in CentOS Clients Registration       in Client Configution Guide
    - Added Pay-as-you-go for Azure documentation to the Specialized Guides       book
    - Added Pay-as-you-go limitations chapter to Pay-as-you-go Guide
    - Removed Ubuntu 18.04 from the list of supported clients
    - Fixed file location in Custom Salt Formulas section of Salt Guide
    - Documented using Virtualization Host formula in Client Configuration

    susemanager-schema:

    - Version 4.3.24-1
      * Refactor susecredentials to support the new hierarchy
      * Improve performance of System (bsc#1211254)
      * Change schedule of system-profile-refresh to run on the 2nd Saturday         of a month to not collide with normal working times (bsc#1215769)

    susemanager-sls:

    - version 4.3.40-1
      * Remove automatic reboot from transactional systems bootstrap (bsc#1218146)
    - Version 4.3.39-1
      * Change certs/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT from symlink into a real file (bsc#1219577)
    - Version 4.3.38-1
      * Improve Pay-as-you-go instance detection (bsc#1217784)
      * CVE-2023-32189: Fix issue with Salt SSH keys for Salt SSH Minions (bsc#1170848)
      * Configure reboot method for SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro when applying bootstrap state (bsc#1213981)
      * Include reboot required indication for non SUSE distros

    susemanager-sync-data:

    - Version 4.3.16-1
      * Fix OES 23.4 internal name (bsc#1218837)
    - Version 4.3.15-1
      * Update release status and repository description of Open Enterprise Server 23.4 (bsc#1215514)
      * Add new SUSE Liberty Linux 7 Long Term Service Pack Support channel families
      * Rename Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Liberty 8 Base product to remove EOL CentOS 8 from the name

    uyuni-reportdb-schema:

    - Version 4.3.9-1
      * Provide reportdb upgrade schema path structure

    How to apply this update:

    1. Log in as root user to the SUSE Manager Server.
    2. Stop the Spacewalk service:
    `spacewalk-service stop`     3. Apply the patch using either zypper patch or YaST Online Update.
    4. Start the Spacewalk service:
    `spacewalk-service start`

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:0513-1 advisory.

    release-notes-susemanager:

    - Update to SUSE Manager 4.3.11
      * Migrate from RHEL and its clones to SUSE Liberty Linux
      * Reboot required indication for non-SUSE distributions
      * SSH key rotation for enhanced security
      * Configure remote command execution
      * End of Debian 10 support
      * CVEs fixed:
        CVE-2023-32189, CVE-2024-22231, CVE-2024-22232
      * Bugs mentioned:
        bsc#1170848, bsc#1210911, bsc#1211254, bsc#1211560, bsc#1211912         bsc#1213079, bsc#1213507, bsc#1213738, bsc#1213981, bsc#1214077         bsc#1214791, bsc#1215166, bsc#1215514, bsc#1215769, bsc#1215810         bsc#1215813, bsc#1215982, bsc#1216114, bsc#1216394, bsc#1216437         bsc#1216550, bsc#1216657, bsc#1216753, bsc#1216781, bsc#1216988         bsc#1217069, bsc#1217209, bsc#1217588, bsc#1217784, bsc#1217869         bsc#1218019, bsc#1218074, bsc#1218075, bsc#1218089, bsc#1218094         bsc#1218490, bsc#1218615, bsc#1218669, bsc#1218849, bsc#1219577         bsc#1219850, bsc#1218146

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
190654	SUSE SLES15: cobbler / grafana-formula / inter-server-sync / jose4j / etc (SUSE-SU-2024:0485-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
190653	SUSE SLES15 Security Update : SUSE Manager Server 4.3 (SUSE-SU-2024:0513-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium

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