CVE-2019-19728 Privilege escalation in n/a
High 7.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-19728 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2019-19728 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 13 Jan 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19728 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-19728/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-19728/index.md)
Attackers can execute commands with incorrect privileges using srun --uid, leading to privilege escalation in Slurm clusters.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-19728?
CVE-2019-19728 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 13 Jan 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
SchedMD Slurm before 18.08.9 and 19.x before 19.05.5 executes srun --uid with incorrect privileges.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-19728?
It affects 3 products.
Linux distribution packages (1)
slurm SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 12 | All versions | 17.02.11-6.39.1 |
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Opensuse Leap, Schedmd Slurm.
How do I fix CVE-2019-19728?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2019-19728 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-19728 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as GHSA-grp5-5rv9-mqr6, SUSE-SU-2020:0420-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19728.