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CVE-2013-4255

• Severity: low (CVSS 3.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-10-11 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

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.

Affected products

• Condor Project Condor: through 8.0.0; 7.5.4
• RedHat Enterprise Mrg: 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3

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
• 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

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