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Scientific Linux Security Update : sssd on SL7.x x86_64 (20190806)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 128264

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Synopsis

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

Description

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version:
sssd (1.16.4).

Security Fix(es) :

 - sssd: fallback_homedir returns '/' for empty home directories in passwd file (CVE-2019-3811)

 - sssd: improper implementation of GPOs due to too restrictive permissions (CVE-2018-16838)

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?0e574a56

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 128264

File Name: sl_20190806_sssd_on_SL7_x.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/27/2019

Updated: 5/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16838

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libipa_hbac, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libipa_hbac-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libsss_autofs, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libsss_certmap, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libsss_certmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libsss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libsss_idmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libsss_nss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libsss_nss_idmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libsss_simpleifp, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libsss_simpleifp-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:libsss_sudo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:python-libipa_hbac, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:python-libsss_nss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:python-sss, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:python-sss-murmur, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:python-sssdconfig, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd-ad, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd-client, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd-common, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd-common-pac, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd-dbus, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd-ipa, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd-kcm, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd-krb5, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd-krb5-common, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd-ldap, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd-libwbclient, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd-libwbclient-devel, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd-polkit-rules, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd-proxy, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd-tools, p-cpe:/a:fermilab:scientific_linux:sssd-winbind-idmap, x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/15/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16838, CVE-2019-3811