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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : slurm (SUSE-SU-2020:0110-1)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 133032
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for slurm to version 18.08.9 fixes the following issues :Security issues fixed :
CVE-2019-19728: Fixed a privilege escalation with srun, where --uid might have unintended side effects (bsc#1159692).
CVE-2019-12838: Fixed SchedMD Slurm SQL Injection issue (bnc#1140709).
CVE-2019-19727: Fixed permissions of slurmdbd.conf (bsc#1155784).
Bug fixes :
Fix ownership of /var/spool/slurm on new installations and upgrade (bsc#1158696).
Fix %posttrans macro _res_update to cope with added newline (bsc#1153259).
Move srun from 'slurm' to 'slurm-node': srun is required on the nodes as well so sbatch will work. 'slurm-node' is a requirement when 'slurm' is installed (bsc#1153095).
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.
Solution
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15-SP1 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-OBS-15-SP1-2020-110=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 15-SP1 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-HPC-15-SP1-2020-110=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1153259
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1155784
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1158696
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1159692
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-12838/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19727/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19728/
http://www.nessus.org/u?35072979
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 133032
File Name: suse_SU-2020-0110-1.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 1/17/2020
Updated: 3/29/2024
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: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12838
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-torque, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-munge, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libslurm33, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-pam_slurm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libslurm33-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-torque-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-sql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-auth-none-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-auth-none, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-lua, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-slurm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-sview, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpmi0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-slurmdbd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-openlava, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-munge-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-seff, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-slurm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpmi0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-config-man, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-plugins, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-config, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-node, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-node-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-slurmdbd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-pam_slurm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-sql-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-lua-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-plugins-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-sjstat, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-sview-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-doc
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: 1/16/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2019