Information Exposure Affecting authconfig package, versions <0:6.2.8-30.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-AUTHCONFIG-5213098
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed9 May 2017

Introduced: 9 May 2017

CVE-2017-7488  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 authconfig to version 0:6.2.8-30.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2017:2285.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream authconfig package and not the authconfig package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Authconfig version 6.2.8 is vulnerable to an Information exposure while using SSSD to authenticate against remote server resulting in the leak of information about existing usernames.