SUSE SLES15 Security Update : slurm_18_08 (SUSE-SU-2021:1856-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 150698

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2021:1856-1 advisory.

- SchedMD Slurm before 20.02.7 and 20.03.x through 20.11.x before 20.11.7 allows remote code execution as SlurmUser because use of a PrologSlurmctld or EpilogSlurmctld script leads to environment mishandling.
(CVE-2021-31215)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 150698

File Name: suse_SU-2021-1856-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/11/2021

Updated: 7/12/2023

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_18_08, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-munge, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpmi0_18_08, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-torque, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-plugins, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-node, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-pam_slurm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libslurm33, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-lua, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-slurmdbd, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-sql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-config, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-auth-none, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-slurm_18_08

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: 6/4/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/13/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-31215

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:1856-1

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