CVE-2012-3490 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

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

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

8.8