SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : sssd (SUSE-SU-2019:0556-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 122665

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for sssd fixes the following issues :

Security vulnerabilities addressed :

Fix fallback_homedir returning '/' for empty home directories (CVE-2019-3811) (bsc#1121759)

Create sockets with right permissions (bsc#1098377, CVE-2018-10852)

Other bug fixes and changes: Install logrotate configuration (bsc#1004220)

Strip whitespaces in netgroup triples (bsc#1087320)

Align systemd service file with upstream

- Run interactive and change service type to notify (bsc#1120852)

- Replace deprecated '-f' and use '--logger'

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-556=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-556=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-556=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 122665

File Name: suse_SU-2019-0556-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/7/2019

Updated: 6/17/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-10852

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_nss_idmap0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-ldap-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-proxy, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_certmap0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-ldap, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-krb5-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-ipa-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_simpleifp0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-krb5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-ad, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_idmap0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_certmap0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-krb5-common, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_nss_idmap0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-ad-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-ipa, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-krb5-common-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_simpleifp0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-sssd-config, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_idmap0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libipa_hbac0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libipa_hbac0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-sssd-config-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-proxy-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/6/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10852, CVE-2019-3811

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