Debian DSA-4572-1 : slurm-llnl - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 131140

Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that the Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management (SLURM), a cluster resource management and job scheduling system, did not escape strings when importing an archive file into the accounting_storage/mysql backend, resulting in SQL injection.

Solution

Upgrade the slurm-llnl packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 18.08.5.2-1+deb10u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/slurm-llnl

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/slurm-llnl

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4572

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 131140

File Name: debian_DSA-4572.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/20/2019

Updated: 4/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-12838

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:slurm-llnl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/18/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12838

DSA: 4572