SchedMD Slurm up to 16.05.10/17.02.8/17.11.0rc1 Environment Variable access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in SchedMD Slurm up to 16.05.10/17.02.8/17.11.0rc1 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation as part of Environment Variable leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2017-15566. The attack needs to be performed locally. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SchedMD Slurm up to 16.05.10/17.02.8/17.11.0rc1. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation as part of a Environment Variable leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Insecure SPANK environment variable handling exists in SchedMD Slurm before 16.05.11, 17.x before 17.02.9, and 17.11.x before 17.11.0rc2, allowing privilege escalation to root during Prolog or Epilog execution.

The bug was discovered 11/01/2017. The weakness was released 11/01/2017 by ryan (Website). The advisory is shared at schedmd.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-15566 since 10/17/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 104442 (Debian DSA-4023-1 : slurm-llnl - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 176201 (Debian Security Update for slurm-llnl (DSA 4023-1)).

Upgrading to version 16.05.11, 17.02.9 or 17.11.0rc2 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 6 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (104442) and SecurityFocus (BID 101675†). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 104442
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-4023-1 : slurm-llnl - security update
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OpenVAS ID: 71241
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 4023-1 (slurm-llnl - security update)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Slurm 16.05.11/17.02.9/17.11.0rc2

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01/21/2021 +1170 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: schedmd.com
Researcher: Ryan Day (ryan)
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-15566 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-15566
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-108881

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SecurityFocus: 101675 - SchedMD Slurm CVE-2017-15566 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 11/02/2017 08:05
Updated: 01/21/2021 13:16
Changes: 11/02/2017 08:05 (75), 12/02/2019 16:27 (6), 01/21/2021 13:16 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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