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Ubuntu 22.04: USN-6458-1 Critical Slurm Security Advisory

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Calendar Grey October 30, 2023
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Significant Slurm security risks on Ubuntu addressed with patches; make sure your systems are current to defend against potential attacks.
Several security issues were fixed in Slurm.

Summary

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro) - Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro) Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Slurm. Software Description: - slurm-wlm: Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management - slurm-llnl: Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management Details: It was discovered that Slurm did not properly handle credential management, which could allow an unprivileged user to impersonate the SlurmUser account. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as the root user. (CVE-2022-29500) It was discovered that Slurm did not properly handle access control when dealing with RPC traffic through PMI2 and PMIx, which could allow an unprivileged user to send data to an arbitrary unix socket in the host. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as the root user. (CVE-2022-29501) It was discovered tha...

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security advisory critical issue code execution access control Ubuntu Slurm

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro): libpam-slurm 21.08.5-2ubuntu1+esm1 libpmi0 21.08.5-2ubuntu1+esm1 libpmi2-0 21.08.5-2ubuntu1+esm1 libslurm-perl 21.08.5-2ubuntu1+esm1 libslurm37 21.08.5-2ubuntu1+esm1 libslurmdb-perl 21.08.5-2ubuntu1+esm1 slurm-client 21.08.5-2ubuntu1+esm1 slurm-wlm 21.08.5-2ubuntu1+esm1 slurm-wlm-basic-plugins 21.08.5-2ubuntu1+esm1 slurmctld 21.08.5-2ubuntu1+esm1 slurmd 21.08.5-2ubuntu1+esm1 slurmdbd 21.08.5-2ubuntu1+esm1 slurmrestd 21.08.5-2ubuntu1+esm1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro): libpam-slurm 19.05.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 libpmi0 19.05.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 libpmi2-0 19.05.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 libslurm-perl 19.05.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 libslurm34 19.05.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 libslurmdb-perl 19.05.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 slurm-client 19.05.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 slurm-wlm 19.05.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 slurm-wlm-basic-plugins 19.05.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 slurmctld 19.05.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 slurmd 19.05.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 slurmdbd 19.05.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 After a standard system update you need to restart Slurm to make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6458-1

CVE-2022-29500, CVE-2022-29501, CVE-2022-29502

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6458-1

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