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SUSE 12: 2021:1791-1 Important: Remote Code Execution in Slurm

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Calendar Grey May 27, 2021
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SUSE Security Patch for slurm_20_11 addresses a severe vulnerability linked to remote code execution, improving reliability.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available

Summary

This update for slurm_20_11 fixes the following issues: - Udpate to 20.11.7: - CVE-2021-31215: remote code execution as SlurmUser because of a PrologSlurmctld or EpilogSlurmctld script leads to environment mishandling (bsc#1186024) - Ship REST API version and auth plugins with slurmrestd. - Add YAML support for REST API to build (bsc#1185603). - Fix Provides:/Conflicts: for libnss_slurm (bsc#1180700). 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 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-HPC-12-2021-1791=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 12 (aarch64 x86_64):

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References

#1180700 #1185603 #1186024

Cross- CVE-2021-31215

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-31215 (NVD) : 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2021-31215 (SUSE): 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 12

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-31215.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1180700

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1185603

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186024

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1791-1
Rating: important

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