CVE-2017-15566 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2017-11-01

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:schedmd:slurm::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:schedmd:slurm::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:schedmd:slurm:17.11.0:rc1::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-4023-1	slurm-llnl security update
EUVD	EUVD-2017-7018	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.
Ubuntu USN	USN-4781-1	Slurm vulnerabilities

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0027.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101675
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4023
https://www.schedmd.com/news.php?id=193#OPT_193

History

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Subscriptions

Schedmd Slurm

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-11-01T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:57:26.994Z

Reserved: 2017-10-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-15566

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-11-01T17:29:00.307

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-15566

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-426

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