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SUSE: 2018:1925-1 Moderate: Slurm User Management Vulnerability Fix

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Calendar Grey July 11, 2018
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SUSE Security Update for Samba addresses an authentication vulnerability of moderate severity, providing essential patches and improvements.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for slurm to version 17.11.7 fixes the following issues: This security issue was fixed: - CVE-2018-10995: Ensure correct handling of user names and group ids (bsc#1095508). These non-security issues were fixed: - CRAY - Add slurmsmwd to the contribs/cray dir - PMIX - Added the direct connect authentication. - Prevent the backup slurmctld from losing the active/available node features list on takeover. - Be able to force power_down of cloud node even if in power_save state. - Allow cloud nodes to be recognized in Slurm when booted out of band. - Notify srun and ctld when unkillable stepd exits. - Fixes daemoniziation in newly introduced slurmsmwd daemon. Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

References

#1095508

Cross- CVE-2018-10995

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 15

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10995.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1095508

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2018:1925-1
Rating: moderate

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