SUSE update for slurm_20_11

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_20_11 to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for HPC: 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing: 15-SP2

slurm_20_11-webdoc: before 20.11.7-6.5.1

slurm_20_11-torque: before 20.11.7-6.5.1

slurm_20_11-sview: before 20.11.7-6.5.1

slurm_20_11-sql: before 20.11.7-6.5.1

slurm_20_11-slurmdbd: before 20.11.7-6.5.1

slurm_20_11-plugins: before 20.11.7-6.5.1

slurm_20_11-pam_slurm: before 20.11.7-6.5.1

slurm_20_11-node: before 20.11.7-6.5.1

slurm_20_11-munge: before 20.11.7-6.5.1

slurm_20_11-lua: before 20.11.7-6.5.1

slurm_20_11-doc: before 20.11.7-6.5.1

slurm_20_11-devel: before 20.11.7-6.5.1

slurm_20_11-config-man: before 20.11.7-6.5.1

slurm_20_11-config: before 20.11.7-6.5.1

slurm_20_11-auth-none: before 20.11.7-6.5.1

slurm_20_11: before 20.11.7-6.5.1

perl-slurm_20_11: before 20.11.7-6.5.1

libslurm36: before 20.11.7-6.5.1

libpmi0_20_11: before 20.11.7-6.5.1

libnss_slurm2_20_11: before 20.11.7-6.5.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_hpc:15-SP2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_high_performance_computing:15-SP2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:slurm_20_11-webdoc:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:slurm_20_11-torque:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:slurm_20_11-sview:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:slurm_20_11-sql:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:slurm_20_11-slurmdbd:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:slurm_20_11-plugins:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:slurm_20_11-pam_slurm:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:slurm_20_11-node:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:slurm_20_11-munge:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:slurm_20_11-lua:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:slurm_20_11-doc:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:slurm_20_11-devel:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:slurm_20_11-config-man:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:slurm_20_11-config:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:slurm_20_11-auth-none:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:slurm_20_11:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:perl-slurm_20_11:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libslurm36:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libpmi0_20_11:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:libnss_slurm2_20_11:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20212295-1/

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.