SUSE SLES12 Security Update : pdsh, slurm_18_08 (SUSE-SU-2020:0434-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 133949

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for pdsh, slurm_18_08 fixes the following issues :

Slurm was included in the 18.08 release, as 'slurm_18_08' package. The version 18.08.9 contains all recent security fixes, including :

CVE-2019-19728: Fixed a privilege escalation with srun, where --uid might have unintended side effects (bsc#1159692).

CVE-2019-19727: Fixed permissions of slurmdbd.conf (bsc#1155784).

pdsh was updated to: Add support for an alternative SLURM version when building the slurm plugin.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 12:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-HPC-12-2020-434=1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 133949

File Name: suse_SU-2020-0434-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/24/2020

Updated: 5/18/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-10030

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-6438

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpmi0_18_08, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpmi0_18_08-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libslurm33, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libslurm33-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pdsh, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pdsh-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pdsh-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pdsh-dshgroup, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pdsh-dshgroup-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pdsh-genders, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pdsh-genders-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pdsh-machines, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pdsh-machines-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pdsh-netgroup, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pdsh-netgroup-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pdsh-slurm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pdsh-slurm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pdsh-slurm_18_08, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:pdsh-slurm_18_08-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-slurm_18_08, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-slurm_18_08-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-auth-none, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-auth-none-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-config, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-lua, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-lua-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-munge, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-munge-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-node, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-node-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-pam_slurm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-pam_slurm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-plugins, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-plugins-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-slurmdbd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-slurmdbd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-sql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-sql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-torque, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_18_08-torque-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/21/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/5/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10030, CVE-2017-15566, CVE-2018-10995, CVE-2018-7033, CVE-2019-12838, CVE-2019-19727, CVE-2019-19728, CVE-2019-6438

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