Improper Privilege Management Affecting redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder package, versions <0:4.3.5-2.el7ev


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.15% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-REDHATVIRTUALIZATIONHOSTIMAGEUPDATEPLACEHOLDER-4456812
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed4 Feb 2019

Introduced: 4 Feb 2019

CVE-2018-16838  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder to version 0:4.3.5-2.el7ev or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2019:2437.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder package and not the redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

A flaw was found in sssd Group Policy Objects implementation. When the GPO is not readable by SSSD due to a too strict permission settings on the server side, SSSD will allow all authenticated users to login instead of denying access.