Debian DSA-2796-1 : torque - arbitrary code execution

critical Nessus Plugin ID 70983

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Matt Ezell from Oak Ridge National Labs reported a vulnerability in torque, a PBS-derived batch processing queueing system.

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.

Solution

Upgrade the torque packages.

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 70983

File Name: debian_DSA-2796.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/21/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:torque, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4495

DSA: 2796

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