CVE-2012-3490

Summary

CVECVE-2012-3490
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-01-09 21:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:11:00 UTC
DescriptionThe (1) my_popenv_impl and (2) my_spawnv functions in src/condor_utils/my_popen.cpp and the (3) systemCommand function in condor_vm-gahp/vmgahp_common.cpp in Condor 7.6.x before 7.6.10 and 7.8.x before 7.8.4 does not properly check the return value of setuid calls, which might cause a subprocess to be created with root privileges and allow remote attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wisc Htcondor All All All All
Application Wisc Htcondor All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
848212 – (CVE-2012-3490) CVE-2012-3490 condor: does not check return value of setuid and similar calls, exploitable via VMware support MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
9.3 Stable Release Series 7.8 MISC research.cs.wisc.edu Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Notification of upstream Condor security fixes MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
HTCondor Git - condor.git/commitdiff condor-git.cs.wisc.edu
8.3 Stable Release Series 7.6 MISC research.cs.wisc.edu Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
HTCondor Git - condor.git/commitdiff MISC condor-git.cs.wisc.edu Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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