CVE-2008-3424 Auth bypass in n/a
Remote attackers can bypass access restrictions in HTCondor due to improper wildcard handling in authorization policies, requiring specific configuration settings.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2008-3424?
CVE-2008-3424 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 31 Jul 2008. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Condor before 7.0.4 does not properly handle wildcards in the ALLOW_WRITE, DENY_WRITE, HOSTALLOW_WRITE, or HOSTDENY_WRITE configuration variables in authorization policy lists, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
Weakness: CWE-863
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3424?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (6)
condor Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:7.0.4-4.el4 |
condor-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:7.0.4-4.el4 |
condor-static Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:7.0.4-4.el4 |
condor Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5 | All versions | 0:7.0.4-4.el5 |
condor-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5 | All versions | 0:7.0.4-4.el5 |
condor-static Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5 | All versions | 0:7.0.4-4.el5 |
Products include Condor Project Condor, Fedoraproject Fedora.
How do I fix CVE-2008-3424?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2008-3424 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3424 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q7rw-ph4p-r6ch, RHSA-2008:0814, RHSA-2008:0816.