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SUSE: 2020:2598-1 Moderate: Slurm Authentication Bypass Issue

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Calendar Grey September 10, 2020
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE publishes a critical patch for slurm, addressing significant vulnerabilities in authentication processes along with detailed guidelines for implementation.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for slurm fixes the following issues: - Fix Authentication Bypass when Message Aggregation is enabled CVE-2020-12693 This fixes and issue where authentication could be bypassed via an alternate path or channel when message Aggregation was enabled. A race condition allowed a user to launch a process as an arbitrary user. Add: Fix-Authentication-Bypass-when-Message-Aggregation-is-enabled-CVE-2020-1269 3.patch (CVE-2020-12693, bsc#1172004). - Remove unneeded build dependency to postgresql-devel. Patch Instructions: 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 15-SP1:

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SUSE authentication bypass slurm HPC

References

#1172004

Cross- CVE-2020-12693

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 15-SP1

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12693.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1172004

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:2598-1
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SUSE authentication bypass slurm HPC

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