condor: condor_startd DoS when parsing policy definition that evaluates to ERROR or UNDEFINED
Published Oct 11, 2013
3.5
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.64%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 8.0.0
- 7.5.4
Configuration 2
- 2.0
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.3
No data.
MRG for RHEL-5 v. 2
condor-0:7.8.8-0.4.2.el5_9
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1171
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2
condor-0:7.8.8-0.4.3.el6_4
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1172
Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1
condor
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| MRG for RHEL-5 v. 2 | condor-0:7.8.8-0.4.2.el5_9 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1171 |
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 | condor-0:7.8.8-0.4.3.el6_4 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1172 |
| Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1 | condor | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.64% (0.01640) | 75.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.64% (0.01640) | 73.21th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.71% (0.00707) | 70.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.73% (0.00731) | 81.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.73% (0.00731) | 80.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.73% (0.00731) | 77.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 56.11th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 55.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01104) | 53.31th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 22, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 54.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 52.58th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.13% (0.01132) | 30.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (8)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1171.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1172.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4255 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919401 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://htcondor-wiki.cs.wisc.edu/index.cgi/tktview?tn=1786 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://htcondor-wiki.cs.wisc.edu/index.cgi/tktview?tn=3829 x_refsource_MISC
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4255
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4255
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1171.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1172.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4255 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919401 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://htcondor-wiki.cs.wisc.edu/index.cgi/tktview?tn=1786 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://htcondor-wiki.cs.wisc.edu/index.cgi/tktview?tn=3829 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4255 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4255 |
Change history (0)
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