CVE-2013-4255 (GCVE-0-2013-4255)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-10-11 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:38
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 82/100 over 1091 records in the last 180 days details
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