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Improper Authentication

CVE-2011-2907

High
7.5/10

Summary

Terascale Open-Source Resource and Queue Manager (aka TORQUE Resource Manager) 3.0.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to bypass host-based authentication and submit arbitrary jobs via a modified PBS_O_HOST variable to the qsub program.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL

CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Improper (or broken) authentication attacks are widespread, and have accounted for many of the worst data breaches in recent years. Improper authentication attacks are a class of vulnerabilities where an attacker impersonates a legitimate user by exploiting weaknesses in either session management or credential management to gain access to the user’s account. This can result in disclosure of sensitive information, and can lead to system compromise, theft, identity theft, and fraud.

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  • Published