# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 31 Jul 2008
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q7rw-ph4p-r6ch, RHSA-2008:0814, RHSA-2008:0816

## 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 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3424?

It affects 2 products.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `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: Condor Project Condor, Fedoraproject Fedora.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-3424?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## 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

- [CVE-2012-5390](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5390/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2012-5196](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5196/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2012-5197](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-5197/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2012-3416](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-3416/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-3830](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3830/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-3424 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3424 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fedoraproject Fedora. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3424/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3424/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3424
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3424
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-3424

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3424/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.