Untrusted search path in Slurm - CVE-2017-15566

Vulnerability identifier: #VU37992

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-15566

CWE-ID: CWE-426

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

Insecure SPANK environment variable handling exists in SchedMD Slurm before 16.05.11, 17.x before 17.02.9, and 17.11.x before 17.11.0rc2, allowing privilege escalation to root during Prolog or Epilog execution.

Slurm
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for HPC
Ubuntu
Fedora
libslurm-perl (Ubuntu package)
slurmctld (Ubuntu package)
slurm-llnl-sview (Ubuntu package)
slurm-llnl-torque (Ubuntu package)
slurm-llnl-basic-plugins (Ubuntu package)
libslurm26 (Ubuntu package)
libslurmdb26 (Ubuntu package)
slurm-wlm-basic-plugins (Ubuntu package)
sview (Ubuntu package)
libslurmdb-perl (Ubuntu package)
slurm-llnl-slurmdbd (Ubuntu package)
slurmdbd (Ubuntu package)
libslurmdb29 (Ubuntu package)
slurm-llnl (Ubuntu package)
libslurm29 (Ubuntu package)
libpmi0 (Ubuntu package)
slurm-wlm (Ubuntu package)
slurm-client (Ubuntu package)
libpam-slurm (Ubuntu package)
slurmd (Ubuntu package)
slurm-wlm-torque (Ubuntu package)
slurm-client-emulator (Ubuntu package)
slurm-wlm-emulator (Ubuntu package)
pdsh-machines-debuginfo
pdsh-netgroup
pdsh-netgroup-debuginfo
pdsh-slurm
pdsh-slurm-debuginfo
pdsh-slurm_18_08
pdsh-slurm_18_08-debuginfo
pdsh-slurm_20_02
pdsh-slurm_20_02-debuginfo
pdsh-slurm_20_11
pdsh-slurm_20_11-debuginfo
pdsh_slurm_18_08-debugsource
pdsh_slurm_20_02-debugsource
pdsh_slurm_20_11-debugsource
pdsh-genders-debuginfo
pdsh-genders
pdsh-dshgroup-debuginfo
pdsh-dshgroup
pdsh-debugsource
pdsh-debuginfo
pdsh
pdsh-machines
slurm
slurm_20_11-slurmdbd-debuginfo
slurm_20_11-munge-debuginfo
slurm_20_11-node
slurm_20_11-node-debuginfo
slurm_20_11-pam_slurm
slurm_20_11-pam_slurm-debuginfo
slurm_20_11-plugins
slurm_20_11-plugins-debuginfo
slurm_20_11-slurmdbd
slurm_20_11-munge
slurm_20_11-sql
slurm_20_11-sql-debuginfo
slurm_20_11-sview
slurm_20_11-sview-debuginfo
slurm_20_11-torque
slurm_20_11-torque-debuginfo
slurm_20_11-webdoc
libslurm36-debuginfo
slurm_20_11-auth-none-debuginfo
libpmi0_20_11-debuginfo
libpmi0_20_11
libnss_slurm2_20_11-debuginfo
libnss_slurm2_20_11
perl-slurm_20_11
perl-slurm_20_11-debuginfo
slurm_20_11
slurm_20_11-auth-none
libslurm36
slurm_20_11-config
slurm_20_11-config-man
slurm_20_11-debuginfo
slurm_20_11-debugsource
slurm_20_11-devel
slurm_20_11-doc
slurm_20_11-lua
slurm_20_11-lua-debuginfo

Install update from vendor's website.

libslurm-perl (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
slurmctld (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
slurm-llnl-sview (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
slurm-llnl-torque (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
slurm-llnl-basic-plugins (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
libslurm26 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
libslurmdb26 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
slurm-wlm-basic-plugins (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
sview (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
libslurmdb-perl (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
slurm-llnl-slurmdbd (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
slurmdbd (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
libslurmdb29 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
slurm-llnl (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
libslurm29 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
libpmi0 (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
slurm-wlm (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
slurm-client (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
libpam-slurm (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
slurmd (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
slurm-wlm-torque (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
slurm-client-emulator (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
slurm-wlm-emulator (Ubuntu package) - update to Ubuntu Pro
pdsh-machines-debuginfo - update to 2.34-7.32.1
pdsh-netgroup - update to 2.34-7.32.1
pdsh-netgroup-debuginfo - update to 2.34-7.32.1
pdsh-slurm - update to 2.34-7.32.1
pdsh-slurm-debuginfo - update to 2.34-7.32.1
pdsh-slurm_18_08 - update to 2.34-7.32.1
pdsh-slurm_18_08-debuginfo - update to 2.34-7.32.1
pdsh-slurm_20_02 - update to 2.34-7.32.1
pdsh-slurm_20_02-debuginfo - update to 2.34-7.32.1
pdsh-slurm_20_11 - update to 2.34-7.32.1
pdsh-slurm_20_11-debuginfo - update to 2.34-7.32.1
pdsh_slurm_18_08-debugsource - update to 2.34-7.32.1
pdsh_slurm_20_02-debugsource - update to 2.34-7.32.1
pdsh_slurm_20_11-debugsource - update to 2.34-7.32.1
pdsh-genders-debuginfo - update to 2.34-7.32.1
pdsh-genders - update to 2.34-7.32.1
pdsh-dshgroup-debuginfo - update to 2.34-7.32.1
pdsh-dshgroup - update to 2.34-7.32.1
pdsh-debugsource - update to 2.34-7.32.1
pdsh-debuginfo - update to 2.34-7.32.1
pdsh - update to 2.34-7.32.1
pdsh-machines - update to 2.34-7.32.1
slurm - update to 17.02.9-2.fc27
slurm_20_11-slurmdbd-debuginfo - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
slurm_20_11-munge-debuginfo - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
slurm_20_11-node - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
slurm_20_11-node-debuginfo - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
slurm_20_11-pam_slurm - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
slurm_20_11-pam_slurm-debuginfo - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
slurm_20_11-plugins - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
slurm_20_11-plugins-debuginfo - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
slurm_20_11-slurmdbd - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
slurm_20_11-munge - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
slurm_20_11-sql - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
slurm_20_11-sql-debuginfo - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
slurm_20_11-sview - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
slurm_20_11-sview-debuginfo - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
slurm_20_11-torque - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
slurm_20_11-torque-debuginfo - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
slurm_20_11-webdoc - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
libslurm36-debuginfo - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
slurm_20_11-auth-none-debuginfo - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
libpmi0_20_11-debuginfo - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
libpmi0_20_11 - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
libnss_slurm2_20_11-debuginfo - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
libnss_slurm2_20_11 - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
perl-slurm_20_11 - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
perl-slurm_20_11-debuginfo - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
slurm_20_11 - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
slurm_20_11-auth-none - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
libslurm36 - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
slurm_20_11-config - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
slurm_20_11-config-man - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
slurm_20_11-debuginfo - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
slurm_20_11-debugsource - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
slurm_20_11-devel - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
slurm_20_11-doc - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
slurm_20_11-lua - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1
slurm_20_11-lua-debuginfo - update to 20.11.4-3.5.1

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101675
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4023
• https://www.schedmd.com/news.php?id=193#OPT_193

• Untrusted search path in SchedMD Slurm
• Ubuntu update for slurm-llnl
• SUSE update for slurm_20_11 and pdsh
• Fedora 27 update for slurm