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Oracle Linux 8 : sssd (ELSA-2019-3651)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 180642

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2019-3651 advisory.

 - A flaw was found in sssd Group Policy Objects implementation. When the GPO is not readable by SSSD due to a too strict permission settings on the server side, SSSD will allow all authenticated users to login instead of denying access. (CVE-2018-16838)

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://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2019-3651.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 180642

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-3651.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 9/7/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16838

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libipa_hbac, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libsss_autofs, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libsss_certmap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libsss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libsss_nss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libsss_nss_idmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libsss_simpleifp, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libsss_sudo, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-libipa_hbac, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-libsss_nss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-sss, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-sss-murmur, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python3-sssdconfig, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-ad, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-client, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-common-pac, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-dbus, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-ipa, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-kcm, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-krb5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-krb5-common, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-ldap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-libwbclient, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-nfs-idmap, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-polkit-rules, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-proxy, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-tools, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:sssd-winbind-idmap

Required KB Items: Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/4/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16838