Access Restriction Bypass Affecting sssd package, versions [,1.9.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (13th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SSSD-2370760
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed24 Feb 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Feb 2013

CVE-2013-0219  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade sssd to version 1.9.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) before 1.9.4, when (1) creating, (2) copying, or (3) removing a user home directory tree, allows local users to create, modify, or delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on another user's files.

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