SB2021053125 - SUSE update for slurm
Published: May 31, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021053125
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Security restrictions bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-31215)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: 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
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.