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Gentoo: GLSA-201412-47 High Severity: TORQUE Resource Manager Threat

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Numerous security flaws in the TORQUE Resource Manager could result in unauthorized privilege escalation or enable remote code execution.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in TORQUE Resource Manager, possibly resulting in escalation of privileges or remote code execution

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in TORQUE Resource Manager. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity remote code execution Gentoo Linux escalation risk TORQUE Resource Manager

Resolution

All TORQUE Resource Manager 4.x users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-cluster/torque-4.1.7"
All TORQUE Resource Manager 2.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-cluster/torque-2.5.13"
NOTE: One or more of the issues described in this advisory have been fixed in previous updates. They are included in this advisory for the sake of completeness. It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by them.

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2011-2193 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2193 [ 2 ] CVE-2011-2907 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-2907 [ 3 ] CVE-2011-4925 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2011-4925 [ 4 ] CVE-2013-4319 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4319 [ 5 ] CVE-2013-4495 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4495 [ 6 ] CVE-2014-0749 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0749

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201412-47
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: High
Title: TORQUE Resource Manager: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: December 26, 2014
Bugs: #372959, #378805, #390167, #484320, #491270, #510726
ID: 201412-47

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity remote code execution Gentoo Linux escalation risk TORQUE Resource Manager

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in TORQUE Resource Manager, possibly resulting in escalation of privileges or remote code execution.

Background

TORQUE is a resource manager and queuing system based on OpenPBS.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sys-cluster/torque < 4.1.7 *>= 2.5.13 >= 4.1.7

Impact

===== A context-dependent attacker may be able to gain escalated privileges, execute arbitrary code, or bypass security restrictions.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.