CVE-2014-3684

The tm_adopt function in lib/Libifl/tm.c in Terascale Open-Source Resource and Queue Manager (aka TORQUE Resource Manager) 5.0.x, 4.5.x, 4.2.x, and earlier does not validate that the owner of the process also owns the adopted session id, which allows remote authenticated users to kill arbitrary processes via a crafted executable.

Published: 2014-10-30 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-3684 is rated Moderate Risk (56.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.38%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-3684

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-09 2.53% 2.38% -0.15%
2 2025-04-04 2.19% 2.53% +0.34%
3 2025-03-30 2.19%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-3684

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
8.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-3684

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-3684

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2014-3684 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (torque), 13 status rows across 13 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 4, not-affected 4, released 3, ignored 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3684

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-3684

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adaptivecomputing torque_resource_manager 4.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:adaptivecomputing:torque_resource_manager:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adaptivecomputing torque_resource_manager 4.2.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:adaptivecomputing:torque_resource_manager:4.2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adaptivecomputing torque_resource_manager 4.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:adaptivecomputing:torque_resource_manager:4.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adaptivecomputing torque_resource_manager 4.2.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:adaptivecomputing:torque_resource_manager:4.2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adaptivecomputing torque_resource_manager 4.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:adaptivecomputing:torque_resource_manager:4.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adaptivecomputing torque_resource_manager 4.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:adaptivecomputing:torque_resource_manager:4.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adaptivecomputing torque_resource_manager 4.2.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:adaptivecomputing:torque_resource_manager:4.2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adaptivecomputing torque_resource_manager 4.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:adaptivecomputing:torque_resource_manager:4.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adaptivecomputing torque_resource_manager 4.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:adaptivecomputing:torque_resource_manager:4.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adaptivecomputing torque_resource_manager 4.2.9 cpe:2.3:a:adaptivecomputing:torque_resource_manager:4.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adaptivecomputing torque_resource_manager 5.0.0-1_43d8f09a cpe:2.3:a:adaptivecomputing:torque_resource_manager:5.0.0-1_43d8f09a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-3684

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