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A torque security update has been released for Debian



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Debian Security Advisory DSA-2936-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso
May 23, 2014 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : torque
CVE ID : CVE-2014-0749
Debian Bug : 748827

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.

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.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.4.16+dfsg-1.4.

We recommend that you upgrade your torque packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
  DSA 2936-1: torque security update