SUSE SLES15 Security Update : slurm (SUSE-SU-2024:0279-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 189876

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:0279-1 advisory.

- SchedMD Slurm 23.02.x before 23.02.6 and 22.05.x before 22.05.10 allows filesystem race conditions for gaining ownership of a file, overwriting a file, or deleting files. (CVE-2023-41914)

- An issue was discovered in SchedMD Slurm 22.05.x, 23.02.x, and 23.11.x. There is Improper Enforcement of Message Integrity During Transmission in a Communication Channel. This allows attackers to modify RPC traffic in a way that bypasses message hash checks. The fixed versions are 22.05.11, 23.02.7, and 23.11.1.
(CVE-2023-49933)

- An issue was discovered in SchedMD Slurm 22.05.x, 23.02.x, and 23.11.x. A NULL pointer dereference leads to denial of service. The fixed versions are 22.05.11, 23.02.7, and 23.11.1. (CVE-2023-49936)

- An issue was discovered in SchedMD Slurm 22.05.x, 23.02.x, and 23.11.x. Because of a double free, attackers can cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. The fixed versions are 22.05.11, 23.02.7, and 23.11.1. (CVE-2023-49937)

- An issue was discovered in SchedMD Slurm 22.05.x and 23.02.x. There is Incorrect Access Control: an attacker can modified their extended group list that is used with the sbcast subsystem, and open files with an unauthorized set of extended groups. The fixed versions are 22.05.11 and 23.02.7. (CVE-2023-49938)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 189876

File Name: suse_SU-2024-0279-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/1/2024

Updated: 2/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-49937

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-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-webdoc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-sql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-lua, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-auth-none, 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:libnss_slurm2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-rest, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-slurmdbd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libslurm36, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-config-man, 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-pam_slurm, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, 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: 1/31/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/21/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-41914, CVE-2023-49933, CVE-2023-49936, CVE-2023-49937, CVE-2023-49938

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:0279-1

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