Fedora 28 update for slurm



| Updated: 2025-04-24
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2019-6438
CWE-ID CWE-122
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

slurm
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Heap-based buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU20855

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 4.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6438

CWE-ID: CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the affected application, trigger heap overflow and perform denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 28

slurm: before 17.11.13-2.fc28

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-f1626b52e9


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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