UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15566

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15566

    Published: 1 Nov 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-15566
    Aliases:
    USN-4781-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15566, https://bugs.schedmd.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4228, https://www.schedmd.com/news.php?id=193#OPT_193, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15566, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4781-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: slurm-llnl

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~esm3?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -15.08.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm3

    Affected versions

    14.11.8-4

    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