CVE-2020-27746

Description

Slurm before 19.05.8 and 20.x before 20.02.6 exposes Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor because xauth for X11 magic cookies is affected by a race condition in a read operation on the /proc filesystem.

Category

3.7
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.27%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory schedmd.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.schedmd.com/news.php patch vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4841 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-27746?
CVE-2020-27746 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-27746?
To fix CVE-2020-27746, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-27746 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2020-27746 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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