ubuntu-cve-2013-4255
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2013-10-11 22:55
Modified
2025-07-16 04:50
Summary
Details

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
N/A (UNKNOWN)
high
References
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2013-4255",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:18Z",
  "published": "2013-10-11T22:55:00Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4255"
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      "type": "REPORT",
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    },
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      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4255"
    }
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  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "high",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2013-4255"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:42:54Z"
}



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