Security update for slurm

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:2598-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2020-12693 ( SUSE ): 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
  • CVE-2020-12693 ( NVD ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • HPC Module 15-SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for slurm fixes the following issues:

  • Fix Authentication Bypass when Message Aggregation is enabled CVE-2020-12693 This fixes and issue where authentication could be bypassed via an alternate path or channel when message Aggregation was enabled. A race condition allowed a user to launch a process as an arbitrary user. Add: Fix-Authentication-Bypass-when-Message-Aggregation-is-enabled-CVE-2020-12693.patch (CVE-2020-12693, bsc#1172004).
  • Remove unneeded build dependency to postgresql-devel.

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • HPC Module 15-SP1
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-HPC-15-SP1-2020-2598=1

Package List:

  • HPC Module 15-SP1 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • slurm-plugins-debuginfo-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • perl-slurm-debuginfo-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • slurm-sview-debuginfo-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • slurm-munge-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • perl-slurm-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • slurm-config-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • slurm-node-debuginfo-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • libpmi0-debuginfo-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • slurm-sql-debuginfo-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • slurm-auth-none-debuginfo-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • slurm-munge-debuginfo-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • slurm-pam_slurm-debuginfo-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • libslurm33-debuginfo-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • libslurm33-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • slurm-pam_slurm-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • slurm-plugins-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • slurm-lua-debuginfo-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • slurm-doc-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • libpmi0-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • slurm-slurmdbd-debuginfo-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • slurm-sview-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • slurm-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • slurm-config-man-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • slurm-sql-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • slurm-torque-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • slurm-torque-debuginfo-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • slurm-auth-none-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • slurm-devel-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • slurm-debugsource-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • slurm-node-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • slurm-lua-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • slurm-debuginfo-18.08.9-3.13.2
    • slurm-slurmdbd-18.08.9-3.13.2

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