CVE-2012-3492
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.4
Description
The filesystem authentication (condor_io/condor_auth_fs.cpp) in Condor 7.6.x before 7.6.10 and 7.8.x before 7.8.4 uses authentication directories even when they have weak permissions, which allows remote attackers to impersonate users by renaming a user's authentication directory.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 7.8.2~dfsg.1-1+deb7u1 |
| sid | Fixed | 7.8.2~dfsg.1-1+deb7u1 |
| forky | Fixed | 7.8.2~dfsg.1-1+deb7u1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| condor_project | condor | 7.6.0 | |
| condor_project | condor | 7.6.1 | |
| condor_project | condor | 7.6.2 | |
| condor_project | condor | 7.6.3 | |
| condor_project | condor | 7.6.4 | |
| condor_project | condor | 7.6.5 | |
| condor_project | condor | 7.6.6 | |
| condor_project | condor | 7.6.7 | |
| condor_project | condor | 7.6.8 | |
| condor_project | condor | 7.6.9 | |
| condor_project | condor | 7.8.0 | |
| condor_project | condor | 7.8.1 | |
| condor_project | condor | 7.8.2 | |
| condor_project | condor | 7.8.3 | |
References
- http://condor-git.cs.wisc.edu/?p=condor.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=1db67805
- http://research.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v7.6/8_3Stable_Release.html
- http://research.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v7.8/9_3Stable_Release.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1278.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1281.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50666
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/20/9
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55632
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-3492
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3492
CWEs
CWE-287
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.