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Oracle Linux 6 : sssd (ELSA-2011-0560)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 181054

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2011-0560 advisory.

 [1.5.1-34]
 - Resolves: rhbz#701700 - sssd client libraries use select() but should use
 - poll() instead

 [1.5.1-33]
 - Related: rhbz#693818 - Automatic TGT renewal overwrites cached password
 - Fix segfault in TGT renewal

 [1.5.1-32]
 - Related: rhbz#693818 - Automatic TGT renewal overwrites cached password
 - Fix typo causing build breakage

 [1.5.1-31]
 - Resolves: rhbz#693818 - Automatic TGT renewal overwrites cached password

 [1.5.1-30]
 - Resolves: rhbz#696972 - Filters not honoured against fully-qualified users

 [1.5.1-29]
 - Resolves: rhbz#694146 - SSSD consumes GBs of RAM, possible memory leak

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 sssd, sssd-client and / or sssd-tools packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2011-0560.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 181054

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2011-0560.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-4341

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-client, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:6

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: 5/28/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/24/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4341