Ubuntu 20.04 LTS : SSSD vulnerability (USN-6156-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 177114

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6156-1 advisory.

- sssd: libsss_certmap fails to sanitise certificate data used in LDAP filters (CVE-2022-4254)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6156-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 177114

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6156-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/12/2023

Updated: 6/12/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-4254

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:sssd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:sssd-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:sssd-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libipa-hbac-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libipa-hbac0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnss-sss, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libpam-sss, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsss-certmap-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsss-certmap0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsss-idmap-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsss-idmap0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsss-nss-idmap-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsss-nss-idmap0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsss-simpleifp-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsss-simpleifp0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsss-sudo, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwbclient-sssd, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libwbclient-sssd-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-libipa-hbac, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-libsss-nss-idmap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-sss, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:sssd-ad, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:sssd-ad-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:sssd-dbus, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:sssd-ipa, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:sssd-kcm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:sssd-krb5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:sssd-krb5-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:sssd-ldap, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:sssd-proxy

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4254

USN: 6156-1