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EulerOS 2.0 SP9 : sssd (EulerOS-SA-2021-2699)
high Nessus Plugin ID 155244
Synopsis
The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.Description
According to the versions of the sssd packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :- A flaw was found in SSSD, where the sssctl command was vulnerable to shell command injection via the logs- fetch and cache-expire subcommands. This flaw allows an attacker to trick the root user into running a specially crafted sssctl command, such as via sudo, to gain root access. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability. (CVE-2021-3621)
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected sssd packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 155244
File Name: EulerOS_SA-2021-2699.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Family: Huawei Local Security Checks
Published: 11/11/2021
Updated: 1/20/2022
Supported Sensors: 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:huawei:euleros:python3-sssd, p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:sssd, cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/EulerOS/release, Host/EulerOS/rpm-list, Host/EulerOS/sp
Excluded KB Items: Host/EulerOS/uvp_version
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/16/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-3621