CVE-2010-4179 Missing authorization in n/a
High 7.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-4179 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2010-4179 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Mrg, published on 7 Dec 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4179 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Redhat Enterprise Mrg. 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-2010-4179/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4179/index.md)
Local users with broker publish access can execute jobs as arbitrary users due to insufficient access control in the recommended Condor configuration.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-4179?
CVE-2010-4179 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Mrg, published on 7 Dec 2010. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The installation documentation for Red Hat Enterprise Messaging, Realtime and Grid (MRG) 1.3 recommends that Condor should be configured so that the MRG Management Console (cumin) can submit jobs for users, which creates a trusted channel with insufficient access control that allows local users with the ability to publish to a broker to run jobs as arbitrary users via Condor QMF plug-ins.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4179?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (40)
condor Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:7.4.4-0.17.el4 |
condor-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:7.4.4-0.17.el4 |
condor-kbdd Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:7.4.4-0.17.el4 |
condor-qmf Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:7.4.4-0.17.el4 |
python-qmf Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:0.7.946106-14.el4 |
qmf Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:0.7.946106-22.el4 |
qmf-devel Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:0.7.946106-22.el4 |
qpid-cpp-client Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:0.7.946106-22.el4 |
qpid-cpp-client-devel Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:0.7.946106-22.el4 |
qpid-cpp-client-devel-docs Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:0.7.946106-22.el4 |
qpid-cpp-client-ssl Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:0.7.946106-22.el4 |
qpid-cpp-mrg Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:0.7.946106-22.el4 |
qpid-cpp-mrg-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:0.7.946106-22.el4 |
qpid-cpp-server Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:0.7.946106-22.el4 |
qpid-cpp-server-devel Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:0.7.946106-22.el4 |
qpid-cpp-server-ssl Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:0.7.946106-22.el4 |
qpid-cpp-server-store Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:0.7.946106-22.el4 |
qpid-cpp-server-xml Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:0.7.946106-22.el4 |
qpid-java Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:0.7.946106-12.el4 |
qpid-java-client Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:0.7.946106-12.el4 |
qpid-java-common Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:0.7.946106-12.el4 |
qpid-java-example Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:0.7.946106-12.el4 |
rh-qpid-cpp-tests Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:0.7.946106-22.el4 |
sesame Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:0.7.4297-4.el4 |
sesame-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1.0::el4 | All versions | 0:0.7.4297-4.el4 |
condor Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5 | All versions | 0:7.4.4-0.17.el5 |
condor-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5 | All versions | 0:7.4.4-0.17.el5 |
condor-kbdd Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5 | All versions | 0:7.4.4-0.17.el5 |
condor-qmf Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5 | All versions | 0:7.4.4-0.17.el5 |
condor-vm-gahp Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5 | All versions | 0:7.4.4-0.17.el5 |
cumin Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5 | All versions | 0:0.1.4410-2.el5 |
python-qmf Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5 | All versions | 0:0.7.946106-14.el5 |
qmf Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5 | All versions | 0:0.7.946106-22.el5 |
qmf-devel Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5 | All versions | 0:0.7.946106-22.el5 |
qpid-cpp-client Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5 | All versions | 0:0.7.946106-22.el5 |
qpid-cpp-client-devel Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5 | All versions | 0:0.7.946106-22.el5 |
qpid-cpp-client-devel-docs Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5 | All versions | 0:0.7.946106-22.el5 |
qpid-cpp-client-rdma Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5 | All versions | 0:0.7.946106-22.el5 |
qpid-cpp-client-ssl Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5 | All versions | 0:0.7.946106-22.el5 |
qpid-cpp-mrg Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:1::el5 | All versions | 0:0.7.946106-22.el5 |
Products include Redhat Enterprise Mrg.
How do I fix CVE-2010-4179?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2010-4179 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4179 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Enterprise Mrg
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p347-c2jx-fcmf, RHSA-2010:0921, RHSA-2010:0922.