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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : sssd (SUSE-SU-2025:4182-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 276793

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:4182-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2025-11561: Fixed privilege escalation on AD-joined Linux systems due to default Kerberos configuration disabling localauth an2ln plugin (bsc#1251827)

 Other fixes:

 - Install file in krb5.conf.d to include sssd krb5 config snippets (bsc#1244325)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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://bugzilla.suse.com/1244325

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1251827

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-11561

http://www.nessus.org/u?3fff72a6

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 276793

File Name: suse_SU-2025-4182-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/25/2025

Updated: 11/25/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-11561

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_nss_idmap0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-proxy, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_idmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-common-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-ldap, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_simpleifp-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_simpleifp0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-krb5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-ad, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-sssd-config, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-kcm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_certmap0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-krb5-common, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-winbind-idmap, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-ipa, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-dbus, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libipa_hbac-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_idmap0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_certmap-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libipa_hbac0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sssd-common, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsss_nss_idmap-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/24/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-11561

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:4182-1