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title: "CVE-2011-2193\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2011-2193

Publication date 24 June 2011

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Terascale Open-Source Resource and Queue
Manager (aka TORQUE Resource Manager) 2.x before 2.4.14, 2.5.x before
2.5.6, and 3.x before 3.0.2 allow (1) remote authenticated users to gain
privileges via a long Job\_Name field in a qsub command to the server, and
might allow (2) local users to gain privileges via vectors involving a long
host variable in pbs\_iff.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| torque | 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.10 maverick | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-2193?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| torque | * Vendor:   <http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2329> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2193)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2193)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-2193)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2193)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2193>