CVE-2013-4255

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    CVE-2013-4255

    Published: 11 Oct 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The 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.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1171.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1172.html, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919401, https://htcondor-wiki.cs.wisc.edu/index.cgi/tktview?tn=1786, https://htcondor-wiki.cs.wisc.edu/index.cgi/tktview?tn=3829

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High