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title: "CVE-2013-4255\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-4255

Publication date 11 October 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**High**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## 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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4255?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| condor | 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Ignored end of life |
| 17.04 zesty | Ignored end of life |
| 16.10 yakkety | Ignored end of life |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 13.04 raring | Ignored end of life |
| 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [seth-arnold](https://launchpad.net/~seth-arnold)

I didn't see a corresponding upstream release, I may have missed it.

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4255)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4255)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-4255)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4255)

### Other references

* <https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1171.html>
* <https://htcondor-wiki.cs.wisc.edu/index.cgi/tktview?tn=3829>
* <https://htcondor-wiki.cs.wisc.edu/index.cgi/tktview?tn=1786>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4255>