FreeBSD : slurm -- insecure handling of user_name and gid fields (3a66cb69-716f-11e8-be54-3085a9a47796)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 110578

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

SchedMD reports : Insecure handling of user_name and gid fields (CVE-2018-10995) While fixes are only available for the supported 17.02 and 17.11 releases, it is believed that similar vulnerabilities do affect past versions as well. The only resolution is to upgrade Slurm to a fixed release.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://lists.schedmd.com/pipermail/slurm-announce/2018/000008.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?cf827321

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 110578

File Name: freebsd_pkg_3a66cb69716f11e8be543085a9a47796.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 6/18/2018

Updated: 10/12/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:slurm-wlm, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 6/16/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/30/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10995