Denial of service in SchedMD Slurm
| 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 Subscribe |
Slurm Server applications / Remote management servers, RDP, SSH |
| Vendor | SchedMD |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
1) Heap-based buffer overflow
EUVDB-ID: #VU20855
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-6438
CWE-ID:
CWE-122 - Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe 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. MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsSlurm: 17.11.0 - 18.08.4.1
External linkshttp://www.schedmd.com/news.php?id=213
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
