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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM : Slurm vulnerabilities (USN-4781-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 183132

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM / 18.04 ESM / 20.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4781-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Slurm incorrectly handled certain messages between the daemon and the user. An attacker could possibly use this issue to assume control of an arbitrary file on the system. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2016-10030)

 It was discovered that Slurm mishandled SPANK environment variables. An attacker could possibly use this issue to gain elevated privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-15566)

 It was discovered that Slurm mishandled certain SQL queries. A local attacker could use this issue to gain elevated privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM.
 (CVE-2018-7033)

 It was discovered that Slurm mishandled user names and group ids. A local attacker could use this issue to gain administrative privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM.
 (CVE-2018-10995)

 It was discovered that Slurm mishandled 23-bit systems. A local attacker could use this to gain administrative privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2019-6438)

 It was discovered that Slurm incorrectly handled certain inputs when Message Aggregation is enabled. An attacker could possibly use this issue to launch a process as an arbitrary user. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-12693)

 It was discovered that Slurm incorrectly handled certain RPC inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM.
 (CVE-2020-27745)

 Jonas Stare discovered that Slurm exposes sensitive information related to the X protocol. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain a graphical session from an arbitrary user. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-27746)

 It was discovered that Slurm incorrectly handled environment parameters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-31215)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4781-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 183132

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4781-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/16/2023

Updated: 8/28/2024

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-10030

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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-client-emulator, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libslurm29, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libslurmdb32, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libslurmdb26, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm-basic-plugins, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libslurmdb29, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libslurmdb-perl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm-torque, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpmi2-0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpam-slurm-adopt, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm-emulator, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpam-slurm, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-llnl-torque, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libslurmdb-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurmctld, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libslurm-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurmdbd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-llnl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpmi0-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libslurm-perl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm-basic-plugins-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libslurm26, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-llnl-basic-plugins-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-wlm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpmi2-0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-client, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libslurm32, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurmd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:sview, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-llnl-basic-plugins, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-llnl-slurmdbd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libslurm34, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpmi0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:slurm-llnl-sview, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:esm

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/25/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/5/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10030, CVE-2017-15566, CVE-2018-10995, CVE-2018-7033, CVE-2019-6438, CVE-2020-12693, CVE-2020-27745, CVE-2020-27746, CVE-2021-31215

USN: 4781-1