SUSE update for slurm_18_08

1) Security restrictions bypass

EUVDB-ID: #VU53685

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

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_18_08 to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing: 15-LTSS - 15-ESPOS

slurm_18_08-torque-debuginfo: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

slurm_18_08-torque: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

slurm_18_08-sql-debuginfo: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

slurm_18_08-sql: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

slurm_18_08-slurmdbd-debuginfo: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

slurm_18_08-slurmdbd: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

slurm_18_08-plugins-debuginfo: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

slurm_18_08-plugins: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

slurm_18_08-pam_slurm-debuginfo: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

slurm_18_08-pam_slurm: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

slurm_18_08-node-debuginfo: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

slurm_18_08-node: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

slurm_18_08-munge-debuginfo: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

slurm_18_08-munge: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

slurm_18_08-lua-debuginfo: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

slurm_18_08-lua: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

slurm_18_08-doc: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

slurm_18_08-devel: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

slurm_18_08-debugsource: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

slurm_18_08-debuginfo: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

slurm_18_08-config: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

slurm_18_08-auth-none-debuginfo: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

slurm_18_08-auth-none: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

slurm_18_08: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

perl-slurm_18_08-debuginfo: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

perl-slurm_18_08: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

libslurm33-debuginfo: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

libslurm33: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

libpmi0_18_08-debuginfo: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

libpmi0_18_08: before 18.08.9-1.14.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing:15-LTSS:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing:15-ESPOS:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:slurm_18_08-torque-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:slurm_18_08-torque:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:slurm_18_08-sql-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:slurm_18_08-sql:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:slurm_18_08-slurmdbd-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:slurm_18_08-slurmdbd:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:slurm_18_08-plugins-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:slurm_18_08-plugins:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:slurm_18_08-pam_slurm-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:slurm_18_08-pam_slurm:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:slurm_18_08-node-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:slurm_18_08-node:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:slurm_18_08-munge-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:slurm_18_08-munge:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:slurm_18_08-lua-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:slurm_18_08-lua:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:slurm_18_08-doc:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:slurm_18_08-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:slurm_18_08-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:slurm_18_08-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:slurm_18_08-config:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:slurm_18_08-auth-none-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:slurm_18_08-auth-none:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:slurm_18_08:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:perl-slurm_18_08-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:perl-slurm_18_08:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libslurm33-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libslurm33:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libpmi0_18_08-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:libpmi0_18_08:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20211856-1/

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.