CVE-2013-4255

low
Published 2013-10-11 ยท Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
3.5

Description

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.

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 Debian Fixed 3 releases
VersionStatusFixed in
trixie Fixed 8.0.5~dfsg.1-1
sid Fixed 8.0.5~dfsg.1-1
forky Fixed 8.0.5~dfsg.1-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
condor_projectcondor{"endIncluding":"8.0.0"}
condor_projectcondor7.5.4

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.