Salt-api in SaltStack Salt before 2015.8.13, 2016.3.x before 2016.3.5, and 2016.11.x before 2016.11.2 allows arbitrary command execution on a salt-master via Salt's ssh_client.

An update of the salt package has been released.

This update for salt fixes the following issues :

  - [Regression] Permission problem: salt-ssh minion     boostrap doesn't work anymore. (bsc#1027722)

  - wrong use of os_family string for Suse in the locale     module and others (bsc#1038855)

  - Cannot bootstrap a host using 'Manage system completely     via SSH (will not install an agent)' (bsc#1002529)

  - add user to or replace members of group not working with     SLES11 SPx (bsc#978150)

  - SLES-12-GA client fail to start salt minion (SUSE     MANAGER 3.0) (bsc#991048)

  - salt pkg.latest raises exception if package is not     availible (bsc#1012999)

  - pkg.list_products on 'registerrelease' and 'productline'     returns boolean.False if empty (bsc#989193)

  - SLES-12-SP1 salt-minion clients has no Base Channel     added by default (bsc#986019)

  - 'The system requires a reboot' does not disappear from     web-UI despite the reboot (bsc#1017078)

  - Remove option -f from startproc (bsc#975733)

  - [PYTHON2] package salt-minion requires /usr/bin/python     (bsc#1081592)

  - Upgrading packages on RHEL6/7 client fails (bsc#1068566)

  - /var/log/salt has insecure permissions (bsc#1071322)

  - [Minion-bootstrapping] Invalid char cause server     (salt-master ERROR) (bsc#1011304)

  - CVE-2016-9639: Possible information leak due to revoked     keys still being used (bsc#1012398)

  - Bootstrapping SLES12 minion invalid (bsc#1053376)

  - Minions not correctly onboarded if Proxy has multiple     FQDNs (bsc#1063419)

  - salt --summary '*' <function> reporting '# of minions     that did not return' wrongly (bsc#972311)

  - RH-L3 SALT - Stacktrace if nscd package is not present     when using nscd state (bsc#1027044)

  - Inspector broken: no module 'query' or 'inspector' while     querying or inspecting (bsc#989798)

  - [ Regression ]Centos7 Minion remote command execution     from gui or cli , minion not responding (bsc#1027240)

  - SALT, minion_id generation doesn't match the newhostname     (bsc#967803)

  - Salt API server shuts down when SSH call with no matches     is issued (bsc#1004723)

  - /var/log/salt/minion fails logrotate (bsc#1030009)

  - Salt proxy test.ping crashes (bsc#975303)

  - salt master flood log with useless messages (bsc#985661)

  - After bootstrap salt client has deprecation warnings     (bsc#1041993)

  - Head: salt 2017.7.2 starts salt-master as user root     (bsc#1064520)

  - CVE-2017-12791: Maliciously crafted minion IDs can cause     unwanted directory traversals on the Salt-master     (bsc#1053955)

  - salt-2017.7.2 - broken %post script for salt-master     (bsc#1079048)

  - Tearing down deployment with SaltStack Kubernetes module     always shows error (bsc#1059291)

  - lvm.vg_present does not recognize PV with certain LVM     filter settings. (bsc#988506)

  - High state fails: No service execution module loaded:
    check support for service (bsc#1065792)

  - When multiple versions of a package are installed on a     minion, patch status may vary (bsc#972490)

  - Salt cp.push does not work on SUMA 3.2 Builds because of     python3.4 (bsc#1075950)

  - timezone modue does not update /etc/sysconfig/clock     (bsc#1008933)

  - Add patches to salt to support SUSE Manager scalability     features (bsc#1052264)

  - salt-minion failed to start on minimal RHEL6 because of     DBus exception during load of snapper module     (bsc#993039)

  - Permission denied: '/var/run/salt-master.pid'     (bsc#1050003)

  - Jobs scheduled to run at a future time stay pending for     Salt minions (bsc#1036125)

  - Backport kubernetes-modules to salt (bsc#1051948)

  - After highstate: The minion function caused an exception     (bsc#1068446)

  - VUL-0: CVE-2017-14695: salt: directory traversal     vulnerability in minion id validation (bsc#1062462)

  - unable to update salt-minion on RHEL (bsc#1022841)

  - Nodes run out of memory due to salt-minion process     (bsc#983512)

  - [Proxy] 'Broken pipe' during bootstrap of salt minion     (bsc#1039370)

  - incorrect return code from /etc/rc.d/salt-minion     (bsc#999852)

  - CVE-2017-5200: Salt-ssh via api let's run arbitrary     commands as user salt (bsc#1011800)

  - beacons.conf on salt-minion not processed (bsc#1060230)

  - SLES11 SP3 salt-minion Client Cannot Select Base Channel     (bsc#975093)

  - salt-ssh sys.doc gives authentication failure without     arguments (bsc#1019386)

  - minion bootstrapping: error when bootstrap SLE11 clients     (bsc#990439)

  - Certificate Deployment Fails for SLES11 SP3 Clients     (bsc#975757)

  - state.module run() does not translate varargs     (bsc#1025896)

This update for salt provides version 2016.11.4 and brings various fixes and improvements :

  - Adding a salt-minion watchdog for RHEL6 and SLES11     systems (sysV) to restart salt-minion in case of crashes     during upgrade.

  - Fix format error. (bsc#1043111)

  - Fix ownership for whole master cache directory.
    (bsc#1035914)

  - Disable 3rd party runtime packages to be explicitly     recommended. (bsc#1040886)

  - Fix insecure permissions in salt-ssh temporary files.
    (bsc#1035912, CVE-2017-8109)

  - Disable custom rosters for Salt SSH via Salt API.
    (bsc#1011800, CVE-2017-5200)

  - Orchestrate and batches don't return false failed     information anymore.

  - Speed-up cherrypy by removing sleep call.

  - Fix os_family grains on SUSE. (bsc#1038855)

  - Fix setting the language on SUSE systems. (bsc#1038855)

  - Use SUSE specific salt-api.service. (bsc#1039370)

  - Fix using hostname for minion ID as '127'.

  - Fix core grains constants for timezone. (bsc#1032931)

  - Minor fixes on new pkg.list_downloaded.

  - Listing all type of advisory patches for Yum module.

  - Prevents zero length error on Python 2.6.

  - Fixes zypper test error after backporting.

  - Raet protocol is no longer supported. (bsc#1020831)

  - Fix moving SSH data to the new home. (bsc#1027722)

  - Fix logrotating /var/log/salt/minion. (bsc#1030009)

  - Fix result of master_tops extension is mutually     overwritten. (bsc#1030073)

  - Allows to set 'timeout' and 'gather_job_timeout' via     kwargs.

  - Allows to set custom timeouts for 'manage.up' and     'manage.status'.

  - Use salt's ordereddict for comparison.

  - Fix scripts for salt-proxy.

  - Add openscap module.

  - File.get_managed regression fix.

  - Fix translate variable arguments if they contain hidden     keywords. (bsc#1025896)

  - Added unit test for dockerng.sls_build dryrun.

  - Added dryrun to dockerng.sls_build.

  - Update dockerng minimal version requirements.

  - Fix format error in error parsing.

  - Keep fix for migrating salt home directory.
    (bsc#1022562)

  - Fix salt pkg.latest raises exception if package is not     available. (bsc#1012999)

  - Timezone should always be in UTC. (bsc#1017078)

  - Fix timezone handling for rpm installtime. (bsc#1017078)

  - Increasing timeouts for running integrations tests.

  - Add buildargs option to dockerng.build module.

  - Fix error when missing ssh-option parameter.

  - Re-add yum notify plugin.

  - All kwargs to dockerng.create to provide all features to     sls_build as well.

  - Datetime should be returned always in UTC.

  - Fix possible crash while deserialising data on infinite     recursion in scheduled state. (bsc#1036125)

  - Documentation refresh to 2016.11.4

  - For a detailed description, please refer to :

  +     https://docs.saltstack.com/en/develop/topics/releases/20     16.11.4.html

  +     https://docs.saltstack.com/en/develop/topics/releases/20     16.11.3.html

  +     https://docs.saltstack.com/en/develop/topics/releases/20     16.11.2.html

  +     https://docs.saltstack.com/en/develop/topics/releases/20     16.11.1.html

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
121806	Photon OS 1.0: Salt PHSA-2018-1.0-0106	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
109293	openSUSE Security Update : salt (openSUSE-2018-388)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
100907	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : Salt (SUSE-SU-2017:1581-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high

Detections

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CVE-2017-5200

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Tenable Plugins

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critical

high