Gentoo update for Slurm



Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 7
CVE-ID CVE-2020-36770
CVE-2023-49933
CVE-2023-49934
CVE-2023-49935
CVE-2023-49936
CVE-2023-49937
CVE-2023-49938
CWE-ID CWE-264
CWE-924
CWE-89
CWE-613
CWE-476
CWE-415
CWE-284
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
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sys-cluster/slurm
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Vendor Gentoo

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 7 vulnerabilities.

1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

EUVDB-ID: #VU97711

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-36770

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

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to pkg_postinst unnecessarily calls chown to assign root's ownership on files in the live root filesystem. A local user can obtain ownership over arbitrary files on the system.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.
sys-cluster/slurm to version:

Vulnerable software versions

Gentoo Linux: All versions

sys-cluster/slurm: before 22.05.3

CPE2.3 External links

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202409-16


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

2) Improper Enforcement of Message Integrity During Transmission in a Communication Channel

EUVDB-ID: #VU84782

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-49933

CWE-ID: CWE-924 - Improper Enforcement of Message Integrity During Transmission in a Communication Channel

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper integrity check. A remote attacker can perform MitM attack and modify RPC traffic.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.
sys-cluster/slurm to version:

Vulnerable software versions

Gentoo Linux: All versions

sys-cluster/slurm: before 22.05.3

CPE2.3 External links

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202409-16


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.

3) SQL injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU84787

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 7.9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-49934

CWE-ID: CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.
sys-cluster/slurm to version:

Vulnerable software versions

Gentoo Linux: All versions

sys-cluster/slurm: before 22.05.3

CPE2.3 External links

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202409-16


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.

4) Insufficient Session Expiration

EUVDB-ID: #VU84786

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-49935

CWE-ID: CWE-613 - Insufficient Session Expiration

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient session expiration issue. A remote non-authenticated attacker can reuse root-level authentication tokens during interaction with the slurmd process.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.
sys-cluster/slurm to version:

Vulnerable software versions

Gentoo Linux: All versions

sys-cluster/slurm: before 22.05.3

CPE2.3 External links

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202409-16


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.

5) NULL pointer dereference

EUVDB-ID: #VU84785

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-49936

CWE-ID: CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.
sys-cluster/slurm to version:

Vulnerable software versions

Gentoo Linux: All versions

sys-cluster/slurm: before 22.05.3

CPE2.3 External links

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202409-16


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.

6) Double Free

EUVDB-ID: #VU84784

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 8.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-49937

CWE-ID: CWE-415 - Double Free

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the application, trigger double free error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.
sys-cluster/slurm to version:

Vulnerable software versions

Gentoo Linux: All versions

sys-cluster/slurm: before 22.05.3

CPE2.3 External links

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202409-16


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.

7) Improper access control

EUVDB-ID: #VU84783

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-49938

CWE-ID: CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions. A remote user can modify extended group list that is used with the sbcast subsystem, and open files with an unauthorized set of extended groups

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.
sys-cluster/slurm to version:

Vulnerable software versions

Gentoo Linux: All versions

sys-cluster/slurm: before 22.05.3

CPE2.3 External links

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202409-16


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.



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