Debian: DSA-2796-1 Major Security Issue: Torque Remote Exec Vulnerability
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November 13, 2013
Matt Ezell from Oak Ridge National Labs reported a vulnerability in torque, a PBS-derived batch processing queueing system
Summary
A user could submit executable shell commands on the tail of what is
passed with the -M switch for qsub. This was later passed to a pipe,
making it possible for these commands to be executed as root on the
pbs_server.
For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.4.8+dfsg-9squeeze3.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.4.16+dfsg-1+deb7u2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.4.16+dfsg-1.3.
We recommend that you upgrade your torque packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: torque
CVE ID: CVE-2013-4495
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