Multiple vulnerabilities in SchedMD Slurm

Published: 2021-01-29

Risk	Low
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	2
CVE-ID	CVE-2019-19728 CVE-2019-19727
CWE-ID	CWE-269 CWE-732
Exploitation vector	Local
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Slurm Server applications / Remote management servers, RDP, SSH
Vendor	SchedMD

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.

Updated: 29.01.2021

Added vulnerability #VU50144.

1) Improper Privilege Management

EUVDB-ID: #VU50141

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19728

CWE-ID: CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges.

The vulnerability exists due to Slurm executes srun --uid with incorrect privileges. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Slurm: 18.08.0.0 - 19.05.4.1

External links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00038.html
http://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1159692
http://lists.schedmd.com/pipermail/slurm-announce/
http://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4841
http://www.schedmd.com/news.php

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.

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.

The attacker would have to login to the system and perform certain actions in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

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

2) Incorrect permission assignment for critical resource

EUVDB-ID: #VU50144