Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Terascale Open-Source Resource and Queue Manager (aka TORQUE Resource Manager) 2.x before 2.4.14, 2.5.x before 2.5.6, and 3.x before 3.0.2 allow (1) remote authenticated users to gain privileges via a long Job_Name field in a qsub command to the server, and might allow (2) local users to gain privileges via vectors involving a long host variable in pbs_iff.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 6.0 | torque | 2.4.8+dfsg-9squeeze1 | DSA-2329-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-2329-1 torque - buffer overflow Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- FEDORA-2011-8117 vendor-advisory
- DSA-2329 vendor-advisory
- http://www.clusterresources.com/downloads/torque/CHANGELOGS/torque-2.5.6.CHANGELOG
- 45039 third-party-advisory
- FEDORA-2011-8072 vendor-advisory
- 20110713 Torque Server Buffer Overflow Vulnerability mailing-list
- 45040 third-party-advisory
- 8304 third-party-advisory
- http://www.clusterresources.com/downloads/torque/CHANGELOGS/torque-2.4.14.CHANGELOG
- 48374 vdb-entry
- torque-hostnames-bo(68152) vdb-entry
- torque-jobnames-bo(68151) vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=711463