MGASA-2013-0327

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    MGASA-2013-0327

    Published: 18 Nov 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-4495

    Summary: Updated torque packages fix CVE-2013-4495

    Details: Updated torque packages fix security vulnerability: A user could submit executable shell commands on the tail of what is passed with the -M switch for qsub. This was later passed to a pipe, making it possible for these commands to be executed as root on the pbs_server (CVE-2013-4495).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0327.html, http://www.supercluster.org/pipermail/torqueusers/2013-November/016425.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2796, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11670

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: torque

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/torque?arch=source&distro=mageia-2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.5.12-1.2.mga2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High