ubuntu-cve-2021-25311
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2021-01-27 16:15
Modified
2026-04-22 07:39
Summary
Details

condor_credd in HTCondor before 8.9.11 allows Directory Traversal outside the SEC_CREDENTIAL_DIRECTORY_OAUTH directory, as demonstrated by creating a file under /etc that will later be executed by root.

Severity
9.9 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "htcondor",
            "binary_version": "8.0.5~dfsg.1-1ubuntu1+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libclassad5",
            "binary_version": "8.0.5~dfsg.1-1ubuntu1+esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "condor",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/condor@8.0.5~dfsg.1-1ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "7.8.8~dfsg.1-2",
        "7.8.8~dfsg.1-2.1",
        "8.0.5~dfsg.1-1ubuntu1",
        "8.0.5~dfsg.1-1ubuntu1+esm1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "condor",
            "binary_version": "8.4.2~dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "htcondor",
            "binary_version": "8.4.2~dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libclassad7",
            "binary_version": "8.4.2~dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "condor",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/condor@8.4.2~dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "8.2.9~dfsg.1-1",
        "8.4.2~dfsg.1-1",
        "8.4.2~dfsg.1-1build1",
        "8.4.2~dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "htcondor",
            "binary_version": "8.6.8~dfsg.1-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libclassad8",
            "binary_version": "8.6.8~dfsg.1-2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "condor",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/condor@8.6.8~dfsg.1-2?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
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        "8.4.11~dfsg.1-3",
        "8.6.8~dfsg.1-1",
        "8.6.8~dfsg.1-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
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          {
            "binary_name": "htcondor",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libclassad8",
            "binary_version": "8.6.8~dfsg.1-2ubuntu1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "condor",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/condor@8.6.8~dfsg.1-2ubuntu1?arch=source\u0026distro=focal"
      },
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        {
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            {
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "8.6.8~dfsg.1-2ubuntu1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "condor",
            "binary_version": "23.4.0+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "condor-annex-ec2",
            "binary_version": "23.4.0+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "condor-kbdd",
            "binary_version": "23.4.0+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "condor-test",
            "binary_version": "23.4.0+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "condor-upgrade-checks",
            "binary_version": "23.4.0+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "condor-vm-gahp",
            "binary_version": "23.4.0+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "htcondor",
            "binary_version": "23.4.0+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "htcondor-annex-ec2",
            "binary_version": "23.4.0+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "htcondor-test",
            "binary_version": "23.4.0+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "htcondor-upgrade-checks",
            "binary_version": "23.4.0+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "minicondor",
            "binary_version": "23.4.0+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "minihtcondor",
            "binary_version": "23.4.0+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:24.04:LTS",
        "name": "condor",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/condor@23.4.0+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1?arch=source\u0026distro=noble"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "23.2.0+dfsg-1",
        "23.2.0+dfsg-2",
        "23.4.0+dfsg-1",
        "23.4.0+dfsg-1ubuntu2",
        "23.4.0+dfsg-1ubuntu3",
        "23.4.0+dfsg-1ubuntu4",
        "23.4.0+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "condor_credd in HTCondor before 8.9.11 allows Directory Traversal outside the SEC_CREDENTIAL_DIRECTORY_OAUTH directory, as demonstrated by creating a file under /etc that will later be executed by root.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2021-25311",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:39:56Z",
  "published": "2021-01-27T16:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-25311"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://research.cs.wisc.edu/htcondor/security/vulnerabilities/HTCONDOR-2021-0002.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-25311"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2021-25311"
  ]
}



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