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CVE-2012-3490

Published: Jan 9, 2020

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Condor	Condor	affected `7.6.x before 7.6.10 and 7.8.x before 7.8.4`

References

http://condor-git.cs.wisc.edu/?p=condor.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=94e84ce4

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http://research.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v7.6/8_3Stable_Release.html

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http://research.cs.wisc.edu/condor/manual/v7.8/9_3Stable_Release.html

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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/20/9

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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-3490

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