Oracle Grid Engine 'sge_passwd.c' Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Oracle Grid Engine 'sge_passwd.c' Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Oracle Grid Engine is prone to a local buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied input.

Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with superuser privileges. Successful exploits will completely compromise affected computers. Failed exploit attempts will result in a denial of service.

This vulnerability affects the following supported versions:
6.1, 6.2