CVE-2013-4255 Denial of service in n/a

Low 3.5 Published 11 Oct 2013 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Remote authenticated users can cause a denial of service in Condor by submitting crafted jobs that trigger improper policy evaluation errors.

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-2013-4255?

CVE-2013-4255 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Mrg, published on 11 Oct 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4255?

It affects 2 products.

Linux distribution packages (23)

`condor` Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2::el5	All versions	`0:7.8.8-0.4.2.el5_9`
`condor-aviary` Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2::el5	All versions	`0:7.8.8-0.4.2.el5_9`
`condor-classads` Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2::el5	All versions	`0:7.8.8-0.4.2.el5_9`
`condor-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2::el5	All versions	`0:7.8.8-0.4.2.el5_9`
`condor-kbdd` Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2::el5	All versions	`0:7.8.8-0.4.2.el5_9`
`condor-qmf` Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2::el5	All versions	`0:7.8.8-0.4.2.el5_9`
`condor-vm-gahp` Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2::el5	All versions	`0:7.8.8-0.4.2.el5_9`
`condor` Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:computenode:el6	All versions	`0:7.8.8-0.4.3.el6_4`
`condor-classads` Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:computenode:el6	All versions	`0:7.8.8-0.4.3.el6_4`
`condor-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:computenode:el6	All versions	`0:7.8.8-0.4.3.el6_4`
`condor-kbdd` Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:computenode:el6	All versions	`0:7.8.8-0.4.3.el6_4`
`condor-qmf` Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:computenode:el6	All versions	`0:7.8.8-0.4.3.el6_4`
`condor-vm-gahp` Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:computenode:el6	All versions	`0:7.8.8-0.4.3.el6_4`
`condor` Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:server:el6	All versions	`0:7.8.8-0.4.3.el6_4`
`condor-aviary` Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:server:el6	All versions	`0:7.8.8-0.4.3.el6_4`
`condor-classads` Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:server:el6	All versions	`0:7.8.8-0.4.3.el6_4`
`condor-cluster-resource-agent` Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:server:el6	All versions	`0:7.8.8-0.4.3.el6_4`
`condor-debuginfo` Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:server:el6	All versions	`0:7.8.8-0.4.3.el6_4`
`condor-deltacloud-gahp` Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:server:el6	All versions	`0:7.8.8-0.4.3.el6_4`
`condor-kbdd` Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:server:el6	All versions	`0:7.8.8-0.4.3.el6_4`
`condor-plumage` Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:server:el6	All versions	`0:7.8.8-0.4.3.el6_4`
`condor-qmf` Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:server:el6	All versions	`0:7.8.8-0.4.3.el6_4`
`condor-vm-gahp` Red Hat:enterprise_mrg:2:server:el6	All versions	`0:7.8.8-0.4.3.el6_4`

Products include Condor Project Condor, Redhat Enterprise Mrg.

How do I fix CVE-2013-4255?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2013-4255 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4255 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Redhat Enterprise Mrg vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4255, GHSA-jm9x-cmw2-v945, RHSA-2013:1171, RHSA-2013:1172.