Detections
Analytics

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-16883

medium Nessus Plugin ID 222296

Language:

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - 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. (CVE-2018-16883)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-16883

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16883

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 222296

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2018_16883.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/4/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16883

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsss_nss_idmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-common-pac, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-polkit-rules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-ad, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsss_simpleifp-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-sss, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-libwbclient-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-proxy, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-sss-murmur, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-ipa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsss_certmap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libipa_hbac-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-common-pac, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsss_certmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_nss_idmap, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_idmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-ldap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-ipa, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_certmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-tools, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-libwbclient, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-dbus, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_certmap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libipa_hbac-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-libipa_hbac, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_nss_idmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-polkit-rules, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-tools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-krb5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsss_nss_idmap-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-krb5-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-ldap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_sudo, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsss_sudo, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-libwbclient, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:sssd, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libipa_hbac-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsss_simpleifp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-dbus, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libipa_hbac-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-winbind-idmap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_simpleifp, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsss_nss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_simpleifp-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-libipa_hbac, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-krb5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-sssdconfig, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-kcm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-kcm, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-libwbclient-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-krb5-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-libsss_nss_idmap, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-ad, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_autofs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-sssdconfig, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsss_sudo-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libipa_hbac, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsss_idmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libsss_autofs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-sss, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-sss-murmur, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sssd-proxy, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_nss_idmap-python, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libipa_hbac, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libsss_sudo-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:sssd-winbind-idmap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-libsss_nss_idmap

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16883