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SUSE: 2021:1856-2 Critical: Kubernetes Security Vulnerability Alert

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SUSE Security Patch for slurm addresses CVE-2021-31215, resolving critical remote execution vulnerabilities with significant urgency.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for slurm fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-31215: remote code execution as SlurmUser because of a PrologSlurmctld or EpilogSlurmctld script leads to environment mishandling (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 High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP1-LTSS-2021-1855=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP1-ESPOS-2021-1855=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2021-1855=1

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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 High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS

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

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186024

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1855-1
Rating: important

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