Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : torque (MDVSA-2013:252)

high Nessus Plugin ID 70519

Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated torque package fixes security vulnerability :

A non-priviledged user who was able to run jobs or login to a node which ran pbs_server or pbs_mom, could submit arbitrary jobs to a pbs_mom daemon to queue and run the job, which would run as root (CVE-2013-4319).

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0308.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 70519

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2013-252.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 10/20/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64torque-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64torque2, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:torque, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:torque-client, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:torque-gui, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:torque-mom, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:torque-sched, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:torque-server, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/18/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4319

BID: 62273

MDVSA: 2013:252