Resource Management Errors Affecting sssd-libwbclient-devel package, versions <0:1.13.0-40.6.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.4% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-SSSDLIBWBCLIENTDEVEL-1693349
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed29 Oct 2015

Introduced: 29 Oct 2015

CVE-2015-5292  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 sssd-libwbclient-devel to version 0:1.13.0-40.6.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2016-635.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sssd-libwbclient-devel package and not the sssd-libwbclient-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

Memory leak in the Privilege Attribute Certificate (PAC) responder plugin (sssd_pac_plugin.so) in System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) 1.10 before 1.13.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of logins that trigger parsing of PAC blobs during Kerberos authentication.

CVSS Scores

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