MGASA-2014-0408

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    MGASA-2014-0408

    Published: 9 Oct 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-3684

    Summary: Updated torque packages fix CVE-2014-3684

    Details: Updated torque packages fix security vulnerabilities: Chad Vizino reported that within a TORQUE Resource Manager job a non-root user could use a vulnerability in the tm_adopt() library call to kill processes he/she doesn't own including root-owned ones on any node in a job (CVE-2014-3684). This update implements the upstream fixes.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0408.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14226, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/02/45

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: torque

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/torque?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.1.5.1-1.3.mga3

    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