USN-4771-1: HTCondor vulnerabilities

Publication date

15 March 2021

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in HTCondor.


Packages

  • condor - distributed workload management system

Details

It was discovered that HTCondor incorrectly invoked the mailx utility. An
attacker could use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2014-8126)

It was discovered that HTCondor mishandled certain crafted input. An
attacker could use this vulnerability to cause HTCondor to crash.
(CVE-2017-16816)

It was discovered that HTCondor incorrectly invoked the mailx utility. An
attacker could use this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands. This
issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. (CVE-2014-8126)

It was discovered that HTCondor mishandled certain crafted input. An
attacker could use this vulnerability to cause HTCondor to crash.
(CVE-2017-16816)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.04 xenial libclassad7 –  8.4.2~dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
condor –  8.4.2~dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
htcondor –  8.4.2~dfsg.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
14.04 trusty htcondor –  8.0.5~dfsg.1-1ubuntu1+esm1  
libclassad5 –  8.0.5~dfsg.1-1ubuntu1+esm1  

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