# CVE-2012-4462: 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 ser

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2013-03-12 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- https://htcondor-git.cs.wisc.edu/?p=condor.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=8f9b304c4f6c0a98dafa61b2c0e4beb3b70e4c84
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0564.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0565.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=860850

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