CVE-2020-12693

NameCVE-2020-12693
DescriptionSlurm 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-2886-1, DSA-4841-1
Debian Bugs961406

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
slurm-wlm (PTS)bullseye, bullseye (security)20.11.7+really20.11.4-2+deb11u1fixed
bookworm, bookworm (security)22.05.8-4+deb12u2fixed
sid, trixie24.05.2-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
slurm-llnlsourcejessie(not affected)
slurm-llnlsourcestretch16.05.9-1+deb9u5DLA-2886-1
slurm-llnlsourcebuster18.08.5.2-1+deb10u2DSA-4841-1
slurm-llnlsource(unstable)(unfixed)961406
slurm-wlmsource(unstable)(not affected)

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

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