SUSE SLES15: libnss_slurm2_23_02 / libpmi0_23_02 / libslurm39 / perl-slurm_23_02 / etc (SUSE-SU-2024:0280-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 189882

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:0280-1 advisory.

Update to slurm 23.02.6:

Security fixes:

- CVE-2023-49933: Prevent message extension attacks that could bypass the message hash. (bsc#1218046)
- CVE-2023-49935: Prevent message hash bypass in slurmd which can allow an attacker to reuse root-level MUNGE tokens and escalate permissions. (bsc#1218049)
- CVE-2023-49936: Prevent NULL pointer dereference on `size_valp` overflow. (bsc#1218050)
- CVE-2023-49937: Prevent double-xfree() on error in `_unpack_node_reg_resp()`. (bsc#1218051)
- CVE-2023-49938: Prevent modified `sbcast` RPCs from opening a file with the wrong group permissions.
(bsc#1218053)

Other fixes:

- Add missing service file for slurmrestd (bsc#1217711).
- Fix slurm upgrading to incompatible versions (bsc#1216869).

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: Critical

ID: 189882

File Name: suse_SU-2024-0280-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/1/2024

Updated: 6/25/2026

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: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-49937

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:novell:suse_linux:libslurm39, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_23_02-munge, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_23_02-config-man, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_23_02-node, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_23_02, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_23_02-slurmdbd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_23_02-sql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_23_02-sview, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpmi0_23_02, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_23_02-config, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_23_02-plugins, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_23_02-rest, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-slurm_23_02, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_23_02-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_23_02-torque, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_23_02-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_23_02-plugin-ext-sensors-rrd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_23_02-cray, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_23_02-webdoc, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_23_02-pam_slurm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libnss_slurm2_23_02, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_23_02-auth-none, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:slurm_23_02-lua

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: 1/31/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-49933, CVE-2023-49935, CVE-2023-49936, CVE-2023-49937, CVE-2023-49938

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:0280-1

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