Information Exposure Affecting sssd package, versions [1.13.0,2.0.0)


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-2370762
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed19 Dec 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Dec 2018

CVE-2018-16883  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade sssd to version 2.0.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure sssd versions from 1.13.0 to before 2.0.0 did not properly restrict access to the infopipe according to the "allowed_uids" configuration parameter. If sensitive information were stored in the user directory, this could be inadvertently disclosed to local attackers.

CVSS Scores

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