---------------------------------------------------------------------- Frost & Sullivan 2011 Report: Secunia Vulnerability Research \"Frost & Sullivan believes that Secunia continues to be a major player in the vulnerability research market due to its diversity of products that provide best-in-class coverage, quality, and usability.\" This is just one of the key factors that influenced Frost & Sullivan to select Secunia over other companies. Read the report here: http://secunia.com/products/corporate/vim/fs_request_2011/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: TORQUE Resource Manager Job and Host Name Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA45039 VERIFY ADVISORY: Secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/45039/ Customer Area (Credentials Required) https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=45039 RELEASE DATE: 2011-06-22 DISCUSS ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/45039/#comments AVAILABLE ON SITE AND IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Last Update * Popularity * Comments * Criticality Level * Impact * Where * Solution Status * Operating System / Software * CVE Reference(s) http://secunia.com/advisories/45039/ ONLY AVAILABLE IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Authentication Level * Report Reliability * Secunia PoC * Secunia Analysis * Systems Affected * Approve Distribution * Remediation Status * Secunia CVSS Score * CVSS https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=45039 ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI: * AUTOMATED SCANNING http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/ http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/ DESCRIPTION: Two vulnerabilities have been reported in TORQUE Resource Manager, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. 1) A boundary error within src/server/req_quejob.c when processing job names can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via an overly long string passed as a job name. 2) A boundary error within src/lib/Libnet/get_hostaddr.c when processing host names can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via an overly long string passed as a host name. The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 2.4.14. SOLUTION: Update to version 2.4.14. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Bartlomiej Balcerek ORIGINAL ADVISORY: TORQUE Resource Manager: http://www.clusterresources.com/downloads/torque/CHANGELOGS/torque-2.4.14.CHANGELOG https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=711463 OTHER REFERENCES: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ DEEP LINKS: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXTENDED DESCRIPTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXTENDED SOLUTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXPLOIT: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------