CVE-2017-15566

Summary

CVECVE-2017-15566
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-01 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionInsecure 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-426

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Schedmd Slurm All All All All
Application Schedmd Slurm 17.11.0 rc1 All All
Application Schedmd Slurm All All All All
Application Schedmd Slurm 17.11.0 rc1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4023-1 slurm-llnl DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
News | SchedMD CONFIRM www.schedmd.com Vendor Advisory
SchedMD Slurm CVE-2017-15566 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 174796 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for slurm_20_11 and pdsh (SUSE-SU-2021:0773-1)
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