CVE-2017-16816 Denial of service in n/a
Remote authenticated users can crash the HTCondor scheduler daemon by exploiting GSI and VOMS extensions, requiring an upgrade to fix.
- 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-2017-16816?
CVE-2017-16816 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 5 Jul 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The condor_schedd component in HTCondor before 8.6.8 and 8.7.x before 8.7.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by leveraging use of GSI and VOMS extensions.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-16816?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wisc Htcondor.
How do I fix CVE-2017-16816?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2017-16816 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-16816 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16816, GHSA-9x52-5xwr-hfwc, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16816.