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SUSE: 2021:1810-1 Important Remote Code Execution Patch for Slurm

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Calendar Grey May 31, 2021
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Keep abreast of the latest SUSE Security Patch for slurm, which tackles a significant remote execution vulnerability.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for slurm fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-31215: Fixed a environment mishandling that allowed remote code execution as SlurmUser (bsc#1186024). 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-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-HPC-15-SP2-2021-1810=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 15-SP2 (aarch64 x86_64): libnss_slurm2-20.02.7-3.6.1 libnss_slurm2-debuginfo-20.02.7-3.6.1 libpmi0-20.02.7-3.6.1 libpmi0-debuginfo-20.02.7-3.6.1 libslurm35-20.02.7-3.6.1 libslurm35-debuginfo-20.02.7-3.6.1 perl-slurm-20.02.7-3.6.1

References

#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 15-SP2

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186024

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1810-1
Rating: important

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