SUSE SLED15: python3-salt / salt / salt-api / salt-bash-completion / salt-cloud / etc (SUSE-SU-2021:1951-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 150743

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:1951-1 advisory.

- Check if dpkgnotify is executable (bsc#1186674)
- Update to Salt release version 3002.2 (jsc#ECO-3212, jsc#SLE-18033, jsc#SLE-18028)
- Drop support for Python2. Obsoletes `python2-salt` package (jsc#SLE-18028)
- Fix issue parsing errors in ansiblegate state module
- Prevent command injection in the snapper module (bsc#1185281, CVE-2021-31607)
- transactional_update: detect recursion in the executor
- Add subpackage `salt-transactional-update` (jsc#SLE-18033)
- Remove duplicate directories

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 150743

File Name: suse_SU-2021-1951-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/12/2021

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-31607

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:salt-bash-completion, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:salt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:salt-transactional-update, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:salt-minion, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:salt-proxy, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:salt-api, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-salt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:salt-ssh, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:salt-zsh-completion, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:salt-master, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:salt-standalone-formulas-configuration, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:salt-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:salt-cloud, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:salt-syndic, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:salt-fish-completion

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/10/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-31607

IAVA: 2021-A-0524-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:1951-1

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