CVE catalog

CVE-2018-10995

Security update for slurm

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Severity
Medium · CVSS 5.4CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Published
Updated
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
1.71% · Oct 25, 2026

USN-4781-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Slurm. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (CVE-2016-10030) and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (CVE-2018-10995). Original advisory details: It was discovered that Slurm incorrectly handled certain messages between the daemon and the user. An attacker could possibly use this issue to assume control of an arbitrary file on the system. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2016-10030) It was discovered that Slurm mishandled SPANK environment variables. An attacker could possibly use this issue to gain elevated privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM. (CVE-2017-15566) It was discovered that Slurm mishandled certain SQL queries. A local attacker could use this issue to gain elevated privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-7033) It was discovered that Slurm mishandled user names and group ids. A local attacker could use this issue to gain administrative privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2018-10995) It was discovered that Slurm mishandled 23-bit systems. A local attacker could use this to gain administrative privileges. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 ESM. (CVE-2019-6438) It was discovered that Slurm incorrectly handled certain inputs when Message Aggregation is enabled. An attacker could possibly use this issue to launch a process as an arbitrary user. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 ESM, Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-12693) It was discovered that Slurm incorrectly handled certain RPC inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-27745) Jonas Stare discovered that Slurm exposes sensitive information related to the X protocol. An attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain a graphical session from an arbitrary user. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and Ubuntu 20.04 ESM. (CVE-2020-27746) It was discovered that Slurm incorrectly handled environment parameters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-31215)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Ubuntuslurm-llnlpro2.5.7-1vulnerable
Ubuntuslurm-llnlpro2.5.7-1build1vulnerable
Ubuntuslurm-llnlpro2.6.4-1ubuntu1vulnerable
Ubuntuslurm-llnlpro2.6.5-1vulnerable
Ubuntuslurm-llnlpro2.6.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm4vulnerable
Ubuntuslurm-llnlpro2.6.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm5vulnerable
Ubuntuslurm-llnlpro2.6.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm6fixed
Ubuntuslurm-llnlpro14.11.8-4vulnerable
Ubuntuslurm-llnlpro15.08.4-1build1vulnerable
Ubuntuslurm-llnlpro15.08.4-1build2vulnerable
Ubuntuslurm-llnlpro15.08.7-1vulnerable
Ubuntuslurm-llnlpro15.08.7-1build1vulnerable
Ubuntuslurm-llnlpro15.08.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm3vulnerable
Ubuntuslurm-llnlpro15.08.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm4vulnerable
Ubuntuslurm-llnlpro15.08.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm5fixed
Ubuntuslurm-llnlpro17.02.6-1build1vulnerable
Ubuntuslurm-llnlpro17.02.9-1vulnerable
Ubuntuslurm-llnlpro17.11.2-1build1vulnerable
Ubuntuslurm-llnlpro17.11.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm3fixed
Debianslurm-llnl916.05.9-1vulnerable
Debianslurm-llnl916.05.9-1+deb9u1vulnerable
Debianslurm-llnl916.05.9-1+deb9u2fixed
Debianslurm-llnl814.03.9-5vulnerable
Debianslurm-llnl814.03.9-5+deb8u1vulnerable
Debianslurm-llnl814.03.9-5+deb8u2vulnerable
Debianslurm-llnl814.03.9-5+deb8u3fixed
Suseslurmlinux enterprise module for hpc 1217.02.11-6.19.1fixed
Suseslurmlinux enterprise module for hpc 1517.11.7-6.3.1fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Ubuntuslurm-llnldebpro2.6.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm6Not reportedUSN-4781-2Not reported
Ubuntuslurm-llnldebpro15.08.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm5Not reportedUSN-4781-2Not reported
Ubuntuslurm-llnldebpro17.11.2-1ubuntu0.1~esm3Not reportedUBUNTU-CVE-2018-10995Not reported
Debianslurm-llnldeb916.05.9-1+deb9u2Not reportedDSA-4254-1Not reported
Debianslurm-llnldeb814.03.9-5+deb8u3Not reportedDLA-1437-1Not reported
Suseslurmrpmlinux enterprise module for hpc 1217.02.11-6.19.1Not reportedSUSE-SU-2018:1652-1Not reported
Suseslurmrpmlinux enterprise module for hpc 1517.11.7-6.3.1Not reportedSUSE-SU-2018:1925-1Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

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