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CVE-2012-4462 json

aviary/jobcontrol.py in Condor, as used in Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.3, when removing a job, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of se…

published 2013-03-12 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-4391

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

aviary/jobcontrol.py in Condor, as used in Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2.3, when removing a job, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (condor_schedd restart) via square brackets in the cproc option.

Patch / fix

  • cumin enterprise mrg 2 0.1.5675-1.el6
  • condor enterprise mrg 2 7.8.8-0.4.1.el6
  • sesame enterprise mrg 2 1.0-8.el6
  • wallaby enterprise mrg 2 0.16.3-1.el6
  • spqr-gen enterprise mrg 2 0.3.6-3.el6
  • ruby-spqr enterprise mrg 2 0.3.6-3.el6
  • condor-qmf enterprise mrg 2 7.8.8-0.4.1.el6
  • condor-kbdd enterprise mrg 2 7.8.8-0.4.1.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:0565RHSA-2013:0564

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-4462 updated cvss 3.5

condor: DoS when removing jobs via jobcontrol.py when job id is in square brackets

  • Red Hat Enterprise MRG 1 condor
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat MRG Grid Execute Node for RHEL 5 Server v.2 spqr-gen 0.3.6-3.el5, wallaby 0.16.3-1.el5, ruby-spqr 0.3.6-3.el5, condor 7.8.8-0.4.1.el5, ruby-rhubarb 0.4.3-5.el5, python-boto 2.3.0-1.1.el5, +18 more Red Hat MRG Grid for RHEL 5 Server v.2 sesame 1.0-7.el5, cumin 0.1.5675-1.el5, spqr-gen 0.3.6-3.el5, wallaby 0.16.3-1.el5, ruby-spqr 0.3.6-3.el5, condor 7.8.8-0.4.1.el5, +22 more Red Hat MRG Management for RHEL 5 Server v.2 sesame 1.0-7.el5, cumin 0.1.5675-1.el5, wallaby 0.16.3-1.el5, python-wallaby 0.16.3-1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0564
  • Red Hat MRG Grid Execute Node for RHEL 6 ComputeNode v.2 spqr-gen 0.3.6-3.el6, wallaby 0.16.3-1.el6, ruby-spqr 0.3.6-3.el6, condor 7.8.8-0.4.1.el6, ruby-rhubarb 0.4.3-5.el6, ruby-wallaby 0.16.3-1.el6, +14 more Red Hat MRG Grid Execute Node for RHEL 6 Server v.2 spqr-gen 0.3.6-3.el6, wallaby 0.16.3-1.el6, ruby-spqr 0.3.6-3.el6, condor 7.8.8-0.4.1.el6, ruby-rhubarb 0.4.3-5.el6, ruby-wallaby 0.16.3-1.el6, +17 more Red Hat MRG Grid for RHEL 6 Server v.2 sesame 1.0-8.el6, cumin 0.1.5675-1.el6, spqr-gen 0.3.6-3.el6, wallaby 0.16.3-1.el6, ruby-spqr 0.3.6-3.el6, condor 7.8.8-0.4.1.el6, +29 more Red Hat MRG Management for RHEL 6 ComputeNode v.2 sesame 1.0-8.el6 Red Hat MRG Management for RHEL 6 Server v.2 sesame 1.0-8.el6, cumin 0.1.5675-1.el6, wallaby 0.16.3-1.el6, python-wallaby 0.16.3-1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0565
  • Red Hat MRG Messaging for RHEL 5 Server v.2 sesame 1.0-7.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0564
  • Red Hat MRG Messaging for RHEL 6 Server v.2 sesame 1.0-8.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0565

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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