===================================================================== CERT-Renater Note d'Information No. 2008/VULN133 _____________________________________________________________________ DATE : 11/04/2008 HARDWARE PLATFORM(S) : / OPERATING SYSTEM(S) : Systems running Sun N1 Grid Engine. ====================================================================== http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/printfriendly.do?assetkey=1-66-234822-1 ______________________________________________________________________ Solution Type: Sun Alert Solution 234822 : A Security Vulnerability in The N1 Grid Engine 6.1 Qmaster Daemon May Lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) Bug ID: 6664502 Product Sun Grid Engine 6.1 Date of Resolved Release: 09-Apr-2008 SA Document Body Security Vulnerability in The N1 Grid Engine 6.1 Qmaster Daemon (See below for details) 1. Impact A security vulnerability in the Qmaster daemon shipped with N1 Grid Engine 6.1, may allow a local unprivileged user to crash the Qmaster daemon and thereby cause a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. 2. Contributing Factors This issue can occur in the following releases: SPARC Platform * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 (64-bit Solaris) without patch 127429-04 * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 (64-bit Solaris) Non Solaris package format without patch 127434-04 x86 Platform * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 without patch 127430-04 * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 Non Solaris package format without patch 127435-04 * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 (x64) without patch 127431-04 * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 (x64) Non Solaris package format without patch 127436-04 Linux * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 without patch 127437-04 * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 RPM Package format without patch 127479-04 * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 (x64) without patch 127438-04 * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 RPM Package format (x64) without patch 127480-04 * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 (ia64) without patch 127439-04 * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 RPM Package format (ia64) without patch 127481-04 HP-UX * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 without patch 127443-04 * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 (64 bit) without patch 127444-04 AIX * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 (for AIX 5.1) without patch 127440-04 Mac OS * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 (x86) without patch 127442-04 * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 (ppc) without patch 127441-04 IRIX * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 (for IRIX 6.5) without patch 127445-04 Note: N1 Grid Engine releases prior to 6.1 are not impacted by this issue. To determine the version of N1 Grid Engine installed on a system, the "-help" option can be used: $ qconf -help | head -1 3. Symptoms There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate the described issue has been exploited. 4. Workaround There is no workaround for this issue. Please see the "Resolution" section below. 5. Resolution The issue is addressed in the following releases: SPARC Platform * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 (64-bit Solaris) with patch 127429-04 or later * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 (64-bit Solaris) Non Solaris package format with patch 127434-04 or later x86 Platform * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 with patch 127430-04 or later * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 Non Solaris package format with patch 127435-04 or later * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 (x64) with patch 127431-04 or later * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 (x64) Non Solaris package format with patch 127436-04 or later Linux * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 with patch 127437-04 or later * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 RPM Package format with patch 127479-04 or later * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 (x64) with patch 127438-04 or later * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 RPM Package format (x64) with patch 127480-04 or later * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 (ia64) with patch 127439-04 or later * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 RPM Package format (ia64) with patch 127481-04 or later HP-UX * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 with patch 127443-04 or later * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 (64 bit) with patch 127444-04 or later AIX * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 (for AIX 5.1) with patch 127440-04 or later Mac OS * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 (x86) with patch 127442-04 or later * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 (ppc) with patch 127441-04 or later IRIX * N1 Grid Engine 6.1 (for IRIX 6.5) with patch 127445-04 or later For more information on Security Sun Alerts, see Sun Infodoc 91209. 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