TORQUE Resource Manager: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background

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

Description

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

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.

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.