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Debian: DSA-2936-1 Critical: Torque Buffer Overflow Danger

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Calendar Grey May 23, 2014
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Severe vulnerability found in torque could lead to unauthorized code execution. It's essential to update your torque packages without delay to ensure protection.
John Fitzpatrick from MWR Labs reported a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in torque, a PBS-derived batch processing queueing system
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Summary

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.4.8+dfsg-9squeeze4.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.4.16+dfsg-1+deb7u3.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.4.16+dfsg-1.4.

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-2014-0749

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