CVE-2019-6438 Other in n/a
Critical 9.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-6438 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2019-6438 is a critical vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, published on 31 Jan 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-6438 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Opensuse Leap. 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-2019-6438/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-6438/index.md)
Slurm workload manager mishandles 32-bit systems, potentially causing service disruption or instability on affected architectures.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-6438?
CVE-2019-6438 is a critical vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, published on 31 Jan 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
SchedMD Slurm before 17.11.13 and 18.x before 18.08.5 mishandles 32-bit systems.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-6438?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (3)
slurm SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 12 | All versions | 17.02.11-6.36.1 |
slurm SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for HPC 15 | All versions | 17.11.13-6.15.17 |
slurm openSUSE:Leap 15.0 | All versions | 17.11.13-lp150.5.20.1 |
Products include Opensuse Leap, Schedmd Slurm.
How do I fix CVE-2019-6438?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2019-6438 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-6438 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Leap
- CVE-2015-4902 Oracle Java SE Integrity Check
- CVE-2017-14804 package builds could use directory traversal to write outside of target area
- CVE-2019-20787 Teeworlds before 0.7.4 has an integer overflow when computing a tilemap size.
- CVE-2019-8341 Code injection in n/a
- CVE-2017-18215 Memory corruption in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-29g2-g2r5-p4x5, SUSE-SU-2019:0960-1, SUSE-SU-2019:3385-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6438, openSUSE-SU-2019:1264-1.