CVE-2013-4255

The policy definition evaluator in Condor 7.5.4, 8.0.0, and earlier does not properly handle attributes in a (1) PREEMPT, (2) SUSPEND, (3) CONTINUE, (4) WANT_VACATE, or (5) KILL policy that evaluate to an Unconfigured, Undefined, or Error state, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (condor_startd exit) via a crafted job.

Published: 2013-10-11 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-4255 is rated Moderate Risk (40.6/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.64%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-4255

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.71% 1.64% +0.93%
2 2025-03-30 1.03% 0.71% -0.33%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.03% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-4255

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.5 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 6.8 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-4255

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-4255

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-4255 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (condor), 3 status rows across 3 suites (forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4255
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4255
ubuntu high CVE-2013-4255 high priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (condor), 15 status rows across 15 suites (artful, bionic, lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 10, not-affected 3, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4255

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-4255

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
condor_project condor <= 8.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:condor_project:condor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
condor_project condor 7.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:condor_project:condor:7.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_mrg 2.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_mrg 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_mrg 2.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_mrg 2.3 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_mrg:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-4255

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