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SUSE: 2020:3878-1 Critical: Slurm Buffer Overflow and Cookie Leak

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Calendar Grey December 18, 2020
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This revision targets two essential concerns in slurm_17_12, improving overall security on SUSE environments.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now available

Summary

This update for slurm_17_11 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-27745: Fixed potential buffer overflows from use of unpackmem() (bsc#1178890). - CVE-2020-27746: Fixed a potential leak of the magic cookie when sent as an argument to the xauth command (bsc#1178891). - Fixed %posttrans macro _res_update to cope with added newline (bsc#1153259). - Fixed permissions of slurmdbd.conf (bsc#1155784). 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: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-HPC-15-SP1-2020-3878=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS:

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow critical fix SUSE Linux cookie leak HPC module slurm update

References

#1153259 #1155784 #1178890 #1178891

Cross- CVE-2020-27745 CVE-2020-27746

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27745.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27746.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1153259

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1155784

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178890

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178891

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:3878-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow critical fix SUSE Linux cookie leak HPC module slurm update

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