CVE-2017-16816

Description

The condor_schedd component in HTCondor before 8.6.8 and 8.7.x before 8.7.5 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by leveraging use of GSI and VOMS extensions.

Category

6.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.86% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory wisc.edu Vendor Advisory wisc.edu
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www-auth.cs.wisc.edu/lists/htcondor-users/2017-November/msg00022.shtml mailing list vendor advisory
http://research.cs.wisc.edu/htcondor/security/vulnerabilities/HTCONDOR-2017-0001.html mitigation vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-16816?
CVE-2017-16816 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-16816?
To fix CVE-2017-16816, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-16816 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2017-16816 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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