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CVE-2023-49936:
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability was discovered in SchedMD Slurm versions 22.05.x, 23.02.x, and 23.11.x. The vulnerability was disclosed on December 13, 2023, and fixed versions (22.05.11, 23.02.7, and 23.11.1) were released to address this issue (Slurm Announce).
Technical details
The vulnerability is classified as a NULL pointer dereference that occurs on size_valp overflow. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. The issue is tracked as CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference) (NVD).
Impact
When exploited, this vulnerability leads to a denial of service condition in the affected Slurm installations (Slurm Announce).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in Slurm versions 22.05.11, 23.02.7, and 23.11.1. Users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to these fixed versions immediately. SchedMD does not recommend attempting to back-port the fixes to older releases due to the complexity of these fixes (Slurm Announce).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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