SUSE-SU-2020:3878-1

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    SUSE-SU-2020:3878-1

    Published: 18 Dec 2020Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for slurm_17_11

    Details: This update for slurm_17_11 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2020-27745: Fixed potential buffer overflows from use of unpackmem() (bsc#1178890). - CVE-2020-27746: Fixed a potential leak of the magic cookie when sent as an argument to the xauth command (bsc#1178891). - Fixed %posttrans macro _res_update to cope with added newline (bsc#1153259). - Fixed permissions of slurmdbd.conf (bsc#1155784).

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2020/suse-su-20203878-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1153259, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1155784, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178890, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1178891, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27745, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27746

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: slurm

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/slurm&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20HPC%2015%20SP1

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -17.11.13-6.34.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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