A Security Vulnerability in The N1 Grid Engine 6.1 Qmaster Daemon May Lead to a Denial of Service (DoS)

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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

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Modification History

28-Apr-2008: Updated Resolution section to add link for Security Technical Instruction doc

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