| 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, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| NVD severity | medium |
| Debian Bugs | 961406 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| slurm-llnl (PTS) | jessie | 14.03.9-5+deb8u2 | fixed |
| jessie (security) | 14.03.9-5+deb8u5 | fixed | |
| stretch | 16.05.9-1+deb9u4 | vulnerable | |
| stretch (security) | 16.05.9-1+deb9u2 | vulnerable | |
| buster, buster (security) | 18.08.5.2-1+deb10u1 | vulnerable | |
| bullseye, sid | 19.05.5-2 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| slurm-llnl | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | 961406 | ||
| slurm-llnl | source | jessie | (not affected) |
[buster] - slurm-llnl <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - slurm-llnl <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[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