CVE-2013-4255

Summary

CVECVE-2013-4255
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-10-11 22:55:39 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe policy definition evaluator in Condor 7.5.4, 8.0.0, and earlier does not properly handle attributes in a (1) PREEMPT, (2) SUSPEND, (3) CONTINUE, (4) WANT_VACATE, or (5) KILL policy that evaluate to an Unconfigured, Undefined, or Error state, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (condor_startd exit) via a crafted job.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Condor Project Condor 7.5.4 All All All
Application Condor Project Condor All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Mrg 2.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Mrg 2.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Mrg 2.2 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Mrg 2.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
919401 – (CVE-2013-4255) CVE-2013-4255 condor: condor_startd DoS when parsing policy definition that evaluates to ERROR or UNDEFINED af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
HTCondorWiki: Ticket #1786 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 htcondor-wiki.cs.wisc.edu
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
HTCondorWiki: Ticket #3829 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 htcondor-wiki.cs.wisc.edu
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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