SUSE SLES12: libnss_slurm2_20_02 / libpmi0_20_02 / libslurm35 / perl-slurm_20_02 / etc (SUSE-SU-2022:3477-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 165614

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3477-1 advisory.

- CVE-2022-31251: Fixed a potential security vulnerability in the test package (bsc#1201674).
- 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).

Bugfixes:
- Fixed qstat error message (torque wrapper) (bsc#1186646).

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 165614

File Name: suse_SU-2022-3477-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2022

Updated: 6/25/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 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: 7.9

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_02-config-man, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_02-node, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_02-pam_slurm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_02-slurmdbd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_02-auth-none, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_02-sql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpmi0_20_02, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_02-config, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_02-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_02-sview, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_02-lua, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_02-munge, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-slurm_20_02, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_02-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libslurm35, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_02-torque, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libnss_slurm2_20_02, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_02, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_20_02-plugins

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/30/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-29500, CVE-2022-29501, CVE-2022-31251

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:3477-1

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