Debian DLA-2886-1 : slurm-llnl - LTS security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 156773

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-2886 advisory.

Multiple security issues were discovered in the Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management (SLURM), a cluster resource management and job scheduling system, which could result in denial of service, information disclosure or privilege escalation. CVE-2019-12838 SchedMD Slurm allows SQL Injection.
CVE-2020-12693 In the rare case where Message Aggregation is enabled, Slurm allows Authentication Bypass via an Alternate Path or Channel. A race condition allows a user to launch a process as an arbitrary user.
CVE-2020-27745 RPC Buffer Overflow in the PMIx MPI plugin. CVE-2021-31215 SchedMD Slurm allows remote code execution as SlurmUser because use of a PrologSlurmctld or EpilogSlurmctld script leads to environment mishandling. For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 16.05.9-1+deb9u5. We recommend that you upgrade your slurm-llnl packages. For the detailed security status of slurm-llnl please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/slurm-llnl Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

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

Solution

Upgrade the slurm-llnl packages.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 16.05.9-1+deb9u5.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 156773

File Name: debian_DLA-2886.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/17/2022

Updated: 1/24/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-27745

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libslurmdb-perl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libslurm30, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:slurm-wlm-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:slurm-wlm-emulator, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:slurmctld-dbg, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:slurmctld, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libslurmdb30, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libslurm-perl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:slurm-wlm-basic-plugins-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:slurmd-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libslurmdb-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:slurm-client, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:slurm-llnl-slurmdbd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libslurm30-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:sview, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:slurm-wlm-basic-plugins-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpmi0-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpmi0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:slurm-client-emulator, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:slurm-llnl, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:slurm-client-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpmi2-0-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:slurmdbd-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:slurm-wlm-basic-plugins, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libslurm-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpmi0-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpmi2-0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpmi2-0-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libslurmdb30-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:slurm-wlm-torque, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpam-slurm, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:slurmd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:slurmdbd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:slurm-wlm

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12838, CVE-2020-12693, CVE-2020-27745, CVE-2021-31215

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