apinit on Cray devices with CLE before 4.2.UP02 and 5.x before 5.1.UP00 does not use alpsauth data to validate the UID in a launch message, which allows local users to gain privileges via a modified aprun program, aka ID FN5912.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-0779 apinit on Cray devices with CLE before 4.2.UP02 and 5.x before 5.1.UP00 does not use alpsauth data to validate the UID in a launch message, which allows local users to gain privileges via a modified aprun program, aka ID FN5912.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:27:19.442Z

Reserved: 2014-01-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-0748

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-12-27T02:59:00.053

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-0748

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