Debian DLA-2724-1 : condor - LTS security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 152171

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-2724 advisory.

- HTCondor up to and including stable series 8.8.6 and development series 8.9.4 has Incorrect Access Control. It is possible to use a different authentication method to submit a job than the administrator has specified. If the administrator has configured the READ or WRITE methods to include CLAIMTOBE, then it is possible to impersonate another user to the condor_schedd. (For example to submit or remove jobs) (CVE-2019-18823)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the condor packages.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 8.4.11~dfsg.1-1+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 152171

File Name: debian_DLA-2724.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/2/2021

Updated: 8/2/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-18823

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:condor-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libclassad7, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:htcondor-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:htcondor-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libclassad-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:htcondor, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:condor, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:htcondor-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:condor-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:condor-dev

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/1/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/27/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-18823

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