CentOS 8 : sssd (CESA-2019:3651)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 145606

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2019:3651 advisory.

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3651

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 145606

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2019-3651.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/29/2021

Updated: 3/23/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

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:centos:centos:libsss_simpleifp, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-sssdconfig, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-krb5-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libipa_hbac, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_nss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-kcm, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-libsss_nss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-libwbclient, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-sss, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_certmap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-krb5, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-polkit-rules, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-common-pac, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-ipa, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-nfs-idmap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-dbus, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_nss_idmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-sss-murmur, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-winbind-idmap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-ldap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_sudo, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-libipa_hbac, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-ad, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-proxy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_autofs

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/5/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16838

BID: 106840

RHSA: 2019:3651