CVE-2012-3490
First published: Thu Jan 09 2020(Updated: )
The (1) my_popenv_impl and (2) my_spawnv functions in src/condor_utils/my_popen.cpp and the (3) systemCommand function in condor_vm-gahp/vmgahp_common.cpp in Condor 7.6.x before 7.6.10 and 7.8.x before 7.8.4 does not properly check the return value of setuid calls, which might cause a subprocess to be created with root privileges and allow remote attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Wisc Htcondor | >=7.6.0<7.6.10 | |
| Wisc Htcondor | >=7.8.0<7.8.4 |
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Reference Links
- http://condor-git.cs.wisc.edu/?p=condor.git;a=commitdiff;h=94e84ce4
- http://research.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v7.6/8_3Stable_Release.html
- http://research.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v7.8/9_3Stable_Release.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/20/9
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-3490
- collector/nvd-index
- vendor/wisc
- canonical/wisc htcondor
- version/wisc htcondor/7.6.0
- version/wisc htcondor/7.8.0