SUSE SLES12 Security Update : slurm_20_11 (SUSE-SU-2021:1791-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 150084

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for slurm_20_11 fixes the following issues :

Udpate to 20.11.7 :

CVE-2021-31215: remote code execution as SlurmUser because of a PrologSlurmctld or EpilogSlurmctld script leads to environment mishandling (bsc#1186024)

Ship REST API version and auth plugins with slurmrestd.

Add YAML support for REST API to build (bsc#1185603).

Fix Provides:/Conflicts: for libnss_slurm (bsc#1180700).

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 HPC 12 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-HPC-12-2021-1791=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 150084

File Name: suse_SU-2021-1791-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/1/2021

Updated: 12/28/2023

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-31215

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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_20_11-webdoc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libslurm36, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_11-torque, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_11-plugins, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_11-auth-none, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libnss_slurm2_20_11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_11-sql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libslurm36-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_11-munge, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_11-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpmi0_20_11-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_11-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-slurm_20_11-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_11-plugins-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_11-node, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-slurm_20_11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_11-lua-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libnss_slurm2_20_11-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_11-sview-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_11-sql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_11-slurmdbd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_11-munge-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_11-node-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_11-slurmdbd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_11-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_11-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_11-lua, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_11-pam_slurm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_11-torque-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpmi0_20_11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_11-auth-none-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_11-config, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_11-sview, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_11-pam_slurm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_11-config-man

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: 5/27/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/13/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-31215

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