SB2023122706 - Fedora 39 update for slurm
Published: December 27, 2023
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 6 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Improper Enforcement of Message Integrity During Transmission in a Communication Channel (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-49933)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper integrity check. A remote attacker can perform MitM attack and modify RPC traffic.
2) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-49938)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain unauthorized access to otherwise restricted functionality.
The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions. A remote user can modify extended group list that is used with the sbcast subsystem, and open files with an unauthorized set of extended groups
3) Double Free (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-49937)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the application, trigger double free error and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
4) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-49936)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error. A remote attacker can send specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
5) Insufficient Session Expiration (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-49935)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient session expiration issue. A remote non-authenticated attacker can reuse root-level authentication tokens during interaction with the slurmd process.
6) SQL injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-49934)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.