Scientific Linux Security Update : sssd and ding-libs on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20180619)

high Nessus Plugin ID 110892

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Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The ding-libs packages contain a set of libraries used by the System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) as well as other projects, and provide functions to manipulate file system path names (libpath_utils), a hash table to manage storage and access time properties (libdhash), a data type to collect data in a hierarchical structure (libcollection), a dynamically growing, reference-counted array (libref_array), and a library to process configuration files in initialization format (INI) into a library collection data structure (libini_config).

Security Fix(es) :

- sssd: unsanitized input when searching in local cache database (CVE-2017-12173)

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 110892

File Name: sl_20180619_sssd_and_ding_libs_on_SL6_x.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Scientific Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 7/3/2018

Updated: 9/6/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12173

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd-ldap, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd-ad, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd-proxy, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libref_array-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:python-sss-murmur, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:ding-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libpath_utils-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:python-sssdconfig, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd-krb5, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:python-libipa_hbac, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libref_array, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd-common, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd-ipa, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libsss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libsss_simpleifp, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libbasicobjects, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libsss_nss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libsss_idmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libipa_hbac, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libini_config-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libcollection-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libsss_nss_idmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libpath_utils, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libipa_hbac-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd-client, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:python-sss, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libbasicobjects-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libdhash-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd-krb5-common, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:python-libsss_nss_idmap, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd-dbus, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd-tools, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libcollection, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libdhash, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libsss_simpleifp-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd-common-pac, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libini_config

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/19/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/27/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12173

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