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SUSE SLES15: libnss_slurm2 / libpmi0 / libslurm36 / perl-slurm / slurm / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:1666-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 161222

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:1666-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2022-29500: Fixed architectural flaw that could have been exploited to allow an unprivileged user to execute arbitrary processes as root (bsc#1199278).
 - CVE-2022-29501: Fixed a problem that an unprivileged user could have sent data to arbitrary unix socket as root (bsc#1199279).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1199278

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1199279

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-29500

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-29501

http://www.nessus.org/u?93a62367

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 161222

File Name: suse_SU-2022-1666-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/17/2022

Updated: 6/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, tenable_cloud_security, tenable_self_hosted_container_security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-29501

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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:novell:suse_linux:slurm-torque, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-munge, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-webdoc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-sql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-lua, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-auth-none, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-slurm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-sview, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpmi0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libnss_slurm2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-rest, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-slurmdbd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libslurm36, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-config-man, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-plugins, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-config, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-node, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-pam_slurm, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm-doc

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: 5/16/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-29500, CVE-2022-29501

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:1666-1