SUSE update for slurm_20_11

1) Security restrictions bypass

EUVDB-ID: #VU53685

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 7.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-31215

CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper environment handling in Slurm. A remote user can run arbitrary commands as SlurmUser if the installation uses a PrologSlurmctld and/or EpilogSlurmctld script.

Mitigation

Update the affected package slurm_20_11 to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for HPC: 12

slurm_20_02-torque-debuginfo: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

slurm_20_02-torque: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

slurm_20_02-sview-debuginfo: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

slurm_20_02-sview: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

slurm_20_02-sql-debuginfo: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

slurm_20_02-sql: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

slurm_20_02-slurmdbd-debuginfo: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

slurm_20_02-slurmdbd: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

slurm_20_02-plugins-debuginfo: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

slurm_20_02-plugins: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

slurm_20_02-pam_slurm-debuginfo: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

slurm_20_02-pam_slurm: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

slurm_20_02-node-debuginfo: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

slurm_20_02-node: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

slurm_20_02-munge-debuginfo: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

slurm_20_02-munge: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

slurm_20_02-lua-debuginfo: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

slurm_20_02-lua: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

slurm_20_02-doc: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

slurm_20_02-devel: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

slurm_20_02-debugsource: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

slurm_20_02-debuginfo: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

slurm_20_02-config-man: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

slurm_20_02-config: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

slurm_20_02-auth-none-debuginfo: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

slurm_20_02-auth-none: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

slurm_20_02: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

perl-slurm_20_02-debuginfo: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

perl-slurm_20_02: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

libslurm35-debuginfo: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

libslurm35: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

libpmi0_20_02-debuginfo: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

libpmi0_20_02: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

libnss_slurm2_20_02-debuginfo: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

libnss_slurm2_20_02: before 20.02.7-3.11.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_hpc:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20211789-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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