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Oracle Linux 7 : sssd (ELSA-2021-3336)

high Nessus Plugin ID 152980

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2021-3336 advisory.

 [1.16.5-10.0.1]
 - Revert Redhat's change of disallowing duplicated incomplete gid when 'id_provider=ldap' is used, which caused regression in AD environment. [Orabug: 29286774] [Doc ID 2605732.1]

 [1.16.5-10.10]
 - Resolves: rhbz#1973796 - SSSD is NOT able to contact the Global Catalog when local site is down

 [1.16.5-10.9]
 - Resolves: rhbz#1988463 - Missing search index for [rhel-7.9.z]
 - Resolves: rhbz#1968330 - id lookup is failing intermittently
 - Resolves: rhbz#1964415 - Memory leak in the simple access provider
 - Resolves: rhbz#1985457 - EMBARGOED CVE-2021-3621 sssd: shell command injection in sssctl [rhel-7.9.z]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-3336.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 152980

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2021-3336.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/2/2021

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3621

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:oracle:linux:sssd-winbind-idmap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libsss_nss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libsss_nss_idmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-dbus, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-client, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libipa_hbac, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-sss, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libsss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-krb5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libsss_sudo, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-libwbclient, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libsss_idmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-common-pac, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-krb5-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-sss-murmur, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-proxy, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-ldap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-libwbclient-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-libipa_hbac, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-ipa, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libsss_certmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libsss_simpleifp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-polkit-rules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libsss_autofs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libsss_certmap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libsss_simpleifp-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-ad, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-kcm, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libipa_hbac-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-sssdconfig, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-libsss_nss_idmap

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/1/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/16/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3621