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CVE-2023-49938

HIGH

8.2

CVSS v3

Description

An issue was discovered in SchedMD Slurm 22.05.x and 23.02.x. There is Incorrect Access Control: an attacker can modified their extended group list that is used with the sbcast subsystem, and open files with an unauthorized set of extended groups. The fixed versions are 22.05.11 and 23.02.7.

How to fix

Remediation Available

slurm-wlmDebian

Fixed in:22.05.8-4+deb12u2CVE-2023-49938

Fixed in:23.11.3-1CVE-2023-49938

Fixed in:23.11.3-1CVE-2023-49938

libpam-slurmUbuntu

Fixed in:21.08.5-2ubuntu1+esm2USN-8236-1

Fixed in:23.11.4-1.2ubuntu5+esm1USN-8236-1

libpam-slurm-devUbuntu

Fixed in:23.11.4-1.2ubuntu5+esm1USN-8236-1

libslurm-devUbuntu

Fixed in:21.08.5-2ubuntu1+esm2USN-8236-1

Fixed in:23.11.4-1.2ubuntu5+esm1USN-8236-1

slurm-wlmUbuntu

Fixed in:21.08.5-2ubuntu1+esm2USN-8236-1

Fixed in:23.11.4-1.2ubuntu5+esm1USN-8236-1

slurmctldUbuntu

Fixed in:21.08.5-2ubuntu1+esm2USN-8236-1

Fixed in:23.11.4-1.2ubuntu5+esm1USN-8236-1

slurmdUbuntu

Fixed in:21.08.5-2ubuntu1+esm2USN-8236-1

Fixed in:23.11.4-1.2ubuntu5+esm1USN-8236-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.76%probability of exploitation in 30 days

51stpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 51% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

Other references4

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