Security restrictions bypass in Slurm - CVE-2018-10995
Published: July 14, 2018 / Updated: July 17, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13897
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10995
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: SchedMD
Affected software:
Slurm
Slurm
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the application mishandles user names (aka user_name fields) and group ids (aka gid fields). A remote unauthenticated attacker can bypass security restrictions and conduct further attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-10995
Update to version 17.02.11, 17.11.07.