Out-of-Bounds Affecting sssd package, versions [,1.9.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SSSD-2370763
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed24 Feb 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Feb 2013

CVE-2013-0220  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (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 Out-of-Bounds. The (1) sss_autofs_cmd_getautomntent and (2) sss_autofs_cmd_getautomntbyname function in responder/autofs/autofssrv_cmd.c and the (3) ssh_cmd_parse_request function in responder/ssh/sshsrv_cmd.c in System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) before 1.9.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read, crash, and restart) via a crafted SSSD packet.

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