condor — security advisory
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.
- Products
- condor
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 7.8.2~dfsg.1-1+deb7u1
- CVEs
- CVE-2012-3490
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 23:54 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3490
condor
Fixed versions: 7.8.2~dfsg.1-1+deb7u1
condor
Fixed versions: 7.8.2~dfsg.1-1+deb7u1
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-23T18:01:04.528996654Z",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2020-01-09T21:15:11.2+00:00"
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