Access Restriction Bypass Affecting sssd package, versions [0,1.11.7)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SSSD-2370758
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed11 Jun 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Jun 2014

CVE-2014-0249  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade sssd to version 1.11.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. The System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) 1.11.6 does not properly identify group membership when a non-POSIX group is in a group membership chain, which allows local users to bypass access restrictions via unspecified vectors.

CVSS Scores

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