[Full-disclosure] [ GLSA 200704-04 ] OpenPBS: Multiple vulnerabilities

[Raphael Marichez]

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200704-04
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  Severity: High
     Title: OpenPBS: Multiple vulnerabilities
      Date: April 03, 2007
      Bugs: #153495
        ID: 200704-04

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Synopsis
========

OpenPBS contains unspecified vulnerabilities which may allow for the
remote execution of arbitrary code or a Denial of Service.

Background
==========

OpenPBS is the original version of the Portable Batch System. It is a
flexible batch queueing system developed for NASA in the early to
mid-1990s.

Affected packages
=================

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     Package              /   Vulnerable   /                Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  sys-cluster/openpbs     <= 2.3.16-r4                  Vulnerable!
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     NOTE: Certain packages are still vulnerable. Users should migrate
           to another package if one is available or wait for the
           existing packages to be marked stable by their
           architecture maintainers.

Description
===========

SUSE reported vulnerabilities due to unspecified errors in OpenPBS.

Impact
======

By unspecified attack vectors an attacker might be able execute
arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running openpbs, which
might be the root user.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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OpenPBS has been masked in the Portage tree for replacement by Torque.
All OpenPBS users should unmerge OpenPBS and switch to Torque.

    
    # emerge --ask --unmerge sys-cluster/openpbs
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --verbose sys-cluster/torque

References
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  [ 1 ] CVE-2006-5616
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5616

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-04.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security at gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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