CVE-2020-36770

CRITICAL

9.8

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score9.8

SeverityCRITICAL

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published1/15/2024

Last Modified6/20/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

gentoo:ebuild_for_slurm

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-732

References

https://bugs.gentoo.org/631552(cve@mitre.org)

https://bugs.gentoo.org/631552(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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