Debian DSA-2936-1 : torque - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 74164

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Synopsis

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

Description

John Fitzpatrick from MWR Labs reported a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in torque, a PBS-derived batch processing queueing system. An unauthenticated remote attacker could exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

Solution

Upgrade the torque packages.

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 74164

File Name: debian_DSA-2936.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 5/25/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/23/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0749

BID: 67420

DSA: 2936

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