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MiracleLinux 7 : sssd-1.16.4-21.el7 (AXSA:2019-4334:02)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 289069

Synopsis

The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2019-4334:02 advisory.

 * sssd: fallback_homedir returns '/' for empty home directories in passwd file (CVE-2019-3811)
 * sssd: improper implementation of GPOs due to too restrictive permissions (CVE-2018-16838)

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://tsn.miraclelinux.com/en/node/10792

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 289069

File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2019-4334.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 1/16/2026

Updated: 1/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

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: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:sssd-kcm, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:sssd-common, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:sssd-ad, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:sssd, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:sssd-tools, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:sssd-client, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libipa_hbac, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python-libipa_hbac, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:sssd-ipa, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:sssd-krb5, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libsss_simpleifp, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:sssd-polkit-rules, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python-sss-murmur, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:sssd-winbind-idmap, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:sssd-ldap, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:sssd-krb5-common, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libsss_nss_idmap, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libsss_autofs, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libsss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:sssd-libwbclient, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:sssd-common-pac, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python-libsss_nss_idmap, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python-sss, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:sssd-dbus, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:sssd-proxy, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libsss_certmap, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:libsss_sudo, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:python-sssdconfig

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/26/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/15/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16838, CVE-2019-3811