Vulnerability in Gentoo Ebuild For Slurm

CVE-2020-36770

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.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (28.7th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 28.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2020-36770: held from 0.004 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-36770?
CVE-2020-36770 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Gentoo Ebuild For Slurm, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-01-15.
How severe is CVE-2020-36770?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.