| Name | CVE-2020-12693 |
| Description | Slurm 19.05.x before 19.05.7 and 20.02.x before 20.02.3, in the rare case where Message Aggregation is enabled, allows Authentication Bypass via an Alternate Path or Channel. A race condition allows a user to launch a process as an arbitrary user. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2886-1, DSA-4841-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 961406 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| slurm-llnl (PTS) | buster, buster (security) | 18.08.5.2-1+deb10u2 | fixed |
| slurm-wlm (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 20.11.7+really20.11.4-2+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 22.05.8-4+deb12u2 | fixed |
| trixie | 23.11.3-2 | fixed |
| sid | 23.11.4-1.4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
- slurm-wlm <not-affected> (Fixed with first upload to Debian with renamed source package)
[jessie] - slurm-llnl <not-affected> (Message Aggregation added in 14.11)
https://www.schedmd.com/news.php?id=236
https://lists.schedmd.com/pipermail/slurm-announce/2020/000036.html
Issue affects systems with Message Aggregation enabled
slurm-wlm/20.02.6-1 changed the source package name and included the fix