--- title: "CVE-2016-10030\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10030?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2016-10030 Publication date 5 January 2017 Last updated 25 August 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) ## Cvss 3 Severity Score **8.1 · High** [Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10030?format=md#impact-score) Toggle side navigation ## Description The \_prolog\_error function in slurmd/req.c in Slurm before 15.08.13, 16.x before 16.05.7, and 17.x before 17.02.0-pre4 has a vulnerability in how the slurmd daemon informs users of a Prolog failure on a compute node. That vulnerability could allow a user to assume control of an arbitrary file on the system. Any exploitation of this is dependent on the user being able to cause or anticipate the failure (non-zero return code) of a Prolog script that their job would run on. This issue affects all Slurm versions from 0.6.0 (September 2005) to present. Workarounds to prevent exploitation of this are to either disable your Prolog script, or modify it such that it always returns 0 ("success") and adjust it to set the node as down using scontrol instead of relying on the slurmd to handle that automatically. If you do not have a Prolog set you are unaffected by this issue. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | slurm-llnl | 22.10 kinetic | Not in release | | 22.04 LTS jammy | Not in release | | 21.10 impish | Not in release | | 21.04 hirsute | Not in release | | 20.10 groovy | Not affected | | 20.04 LTS focal | Not affected | | 19.10 eoan | Not in release | | 19.04 disco | Not affected | | 18.10 cosmic | Not affected | | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected | | 17.10 artful | Ignored end of life | | 17.04 zesty | Ignored end of life | | 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life | | 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 15.08.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm3 Ubuntu Pro | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 2.6.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm6 Ubuntu Pro | | 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ### Get expanded security coverage with Ubuntu Pro Reduce your average CVE exposure time from 98 days to 1 day with expanded CVE patching, ten-years security maintenance and optional support for the full stack of open-source applications. Free for personal use. [Get Ubuntu Pro](https://ubuntu.com/pro) [30-day free trial](https://ubuntu.com/pro/free-trial) ## Severity score breakdown CVSS version: CVSS v3.0 **Base score** 8.1 · High * Base metrics | Parameter | Value | | --- | --- | | Attack vector | Network | | Attack complexity | High | | Privileges required | None | | User interaction | None | | Scope | Unchanged | | Confidentiality impact | High | | Integrity impact | High | | Availability impact | High | * Scores | Parameter | Value | | --- | --- | | Base score | 8.1 · High | | Exploitability score | - | | Impact score | - | **Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10030) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10030) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2016-10030) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10030) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-4781-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-4781-1) + Slurm vulnerabilities + 25 May 2022 + [USN-4781-2](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-4781-2) + Slurm vulnerabilities + 1 February 2023 ### Other references * * *