Sun N1 Grid Engine 'Qmaster' Daemon Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	28731
Class:	Unknown
CVE:	CVE-2008-1756
Remote:	No
Local:	Yes
Published:	Apr 09 2008 12:00AM
Updated:	May 07 2015 05:30PM
Credit:	Sun Microsystems
Vulnerable:	Sun N1 Grid Engine 6.1
Not Vulnerable:

Sun N1 Grid Engine 'Qmaster' Daemon Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Sun N1 Grid Engine is prone to a denial-of-service vulnerability that affects the 'Qmaster' daemon.

A local unprivileged attacker can exploit this issue to crash the 'Qmaster' daemon, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.

This issue affects Sun N1 Grid Engine 6.1.

Sun N1 Grid Engine 'Qmaster' Daemon Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Sun N1 Grid Engine 'Qmaster' Daemon Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

Solution:
Sun has released patches and an advisory. Please see the references for more information.

Sun N1 Grid Engine 'Qmaster' Daemon Local Denial of Service Vulnerability

References:

• 234822 (Sun Microsystems)