[BUG] Salt-minion throws exception on pkg.install

[Lapeth]

Description
Stacktrace (from minion version 3007.1):

Traceback (most recent call last):
                File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/state.py", line 2428, in call
                  ret = self.states[cdata["full"]](
                File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/loader/lazy.py", line 160, in __call__
                  ret = self.loader.run(run_func, *args, **kwargs)
                File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/loader/lazy.py", line 1269, in run
                  return self._last_context.run(self._run_as, _func_or_method, *args, **kwargs)
                File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/loader/lazy.py", line 1284, in _run_as
                  return _func_or_method(*args, **kwargs)
                File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/loader/lazy.py", line 1317, in wrapper
                  return f(*args, **kwargs)
                File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/states/pkg.py", line 1934, in installed
                  pkg_ret = __salt__["pkg.install"](
                File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/loader/lazy.py", line 160, in __call__
                  ret = self.loader.run(run_func, *args, **kwargs)
                File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/loader/lazy.py", line 1269, in run
                  return self._last_context.run(self._run_as, _func_or_method, *args, **kwargs)
                File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/loader/lazy.py", line 1284, in _run_as
                  return _func_or_method(*args, **kwargs)
                File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/modules/aptpkg.py", line 807, in install
                  _latest_version = latest_version(name, refresh=False, show_installed=True)
                File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/modules/aptpkg.py", line 494, in latest_version
                  short_names = [nom.split(":", maxsplit=1)[0] for nom in names]
                File "/opt/saltstack/salt/lib/python3.10/site-packages/salt/modules/aptpkg.py", line 494, in <listcomp>
                  short_names = [nom.split(":", maxsplit=1)[0] for nom in names]
              AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'split'

In essence, salt/states/pkg.py:1934 (call to __salt__["pkg.install"]) explicitly sets name to None. This value is propagated through salt/modules/aptpkg.py:807 (install()), to latest_version() in the same file. latest_version() receives a list containing the None from its names parameter, and blows up.

Setup
SLS snippet:

Install unattended-upgrades:
  pkg.installed:
    - pkgs:
      - ubuntu-standard
      - unattended-upgrades
    - version: latest
    - refresh: True

Expected behavior
No exception, installs packages to minion.

Versions Report
Salt Minion version: 3007.1

Salt Master Version: 3002.9

Dependency Versions:
cffi: Not Installed
cherrypy: Not Installed
dateutil: 2.7.3
docker-py: Not Installed
gitdb: Not Installed
gitpython: Not Installed
Jinja2: 2.10.1
libgit2: 0.28.3
M2Crypto: Not Installed
Mako: Not Installed
msgpack: 0.6.2
msgpack-pure: Not Installed
mysql-python: Not Installed
pycparser: Not Installed
pycrypto: Not Installed
pycryptodome: 3.6.1
pygit2: 1.0.3
Python: 3.8.10 (default, Jul 29 2024, 17:02:10)
python-gnupg: 0.4.5
PyYAML: 5.3.1
PyZMQ: 18.1.1
smmap: Not Installed
timelib: Not Installed
Tornado: 4.5.3
ZMQ: 4.3.2

System Versions:
dist: ubuntu 20.04 focal
locale: utf-8
machine: x86_64
release: 5.15.0-1038-gcp
system: Linux
version: Ubuntu 20.04 focal

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