Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties Affecting libsss_simpleifp package, versions <0:1.16.4-21.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-LIBSSSSIMPLEIFP-4945624
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed4 Dec 2018

Introduced: 4 Dec 2018

CVE-2019-3811  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-552  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 libsss_simpleifp to version 0:1.16.4-21.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:2177.

NVD Description

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

A vulnerability was found in sssd. If a user was configured with no home directory set, sssd would return '/' (the root directory) instead of '' (the empty string / no home directory). This could impact services that restrict the user's filesystem access to within their home directory through chroot() etc. All versions before 2.1 are vulnerable.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1