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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : salt (SUSE-SU-2025:02501-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 242652

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:02501-1 advisory.

 - Security issues fixed:

 - CVE-2024-38822: Fixed Minion token validation (bsc#1244561)
 - CVE-2024-38823: Fixed server vulnerability to replay attacks when not using a TLS encrypted transport (bsc#1244564)
 - CVE-2024-38824: Fixed directory traversal vulnerability in recv_file method (bsc#1244565)
 - CVE-2024-38825: Fixed salt.auth.pki module authentication issue (bsc#1244566)
 - CVE-2025-22240: Fixed arbitrary directory creation or file deletion with GitFS (bsc#1244567)
 - CVE-2025-22236: Fixed Minion event bus authorization bypass (bsc#1244568)
 - CVE-2025-22241: Fixed the use of un-validated input in the VirtKey class (bsc#1244570)
 - CVE-2025-22237: Fixed exploitation of the 'on demand' pillar functionality (bsc#1244571)
 - CVE-2025-22238: Fixed the master's default cache vulnerability to a directory traversal attack (bsc#1244572)
 - CVE-2025-22239: Fixed the arbitrary event injection on the Salt Master (bsc#1244574)
 - CVE-2025-22242: Fixed a Denial of Service vulnerability through file read operation (bsc#1244575)
 - CVE-2025-47287: Fixed a Denial of Service vulnerability in Tornado logging behavior (bsc#1243268)

 - Other bugs fixed:

 - Added subsystem filter to udev.exportdb (bsc#1236621)
 - Fixed Ubuntu 24.04 test failures
 - Fixed refresh of osrelease and related grains on Python 3.10+
 - Fixed issue requiring proper Python flavor for dependencies

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.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1236621

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1243268

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1244561

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1244564

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1244565

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1244566

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1244567

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1244568

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1244570

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1244571

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1244572

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1244574

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1244575

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2025-July/040873.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-38822

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-38823

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-38824

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-38825

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-22236

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-22237

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-22238

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-22239

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-22240

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-22241

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-22242

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-47287

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 242652

File Name: suse_SU-2025-02501-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/24/2025

Updated: 7/24/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-38824

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/23/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/15/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-38822, CVE-2024-38823, CVE-2024-38824, CVE-2024-38825, CVE-2025-22236, CVE-2025-22237, CVE-2025-22238, CVE-2025-22239, CVE-2025-22240, CVE-2025-22241, CVE-2025-22242, CVE-2025-47287

IAVA: 2025-A-0434

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:02501-1