CVE-2020-36770

Critical

Description

pkg_postinst in the Gentoo ebuild for Slurm through 22.05.3 unnecessarily calls chown to assign root's ownership on files in the live root filesystem. This could be exploited by the slurm user to become the owner of root-owned files.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability—
ProductGentoo Ebuild For Slurm
PublishedJan 15, 2024
First seenJan 15, 2024
Weakness typeCWE-732CWE-732

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
gentoo ebuild_for_slurmv ≤ 22.05.3—

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