SUSE update for sssd

1) Command Injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU56000

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3621

CWE-ID: CWE-77 - Command injection

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the sssctl command within the logs-fetch and cache-expire subcommands. An attacker can trick the root user into running a specially crafted sssctl command, such as via sudo, and execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

Mitigation

Update the affected package sssd to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar: 9

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP: 12-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: 12-SP4-LTSS

SUSE OpenStack Cloud: 9

libsss_idmap-devel: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

libsss_nss_idmap-devel: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

sssd-tools-debuginfo: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

sssd-tools: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

sssd-proxy-debuginfo: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

sssd-proxy: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

sssd-ldap-debuginfo: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

sssd-ldap: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

sssd-krb5-debuginfo: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

sssd-krb5-common-debuginfo: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

sssd-krb5-common: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

sssd-krb5: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

sssd-ipa-debuginfo: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

sssd-ipa: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

sssd-debugsource: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

sssd-debuginfo-32bit: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

sssd-debuginfo: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

sssd-dbus-debuginfo: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

sssd-dbus: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

sssd-ad-debuginfo: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

sssd-ad: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

sssd-32bit: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

sssd: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

python-sssd-config-debuginfo: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

python-sssd-config: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

libsss_simpleifp0-debuginfo: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

libsss_simpleifp0: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

libsss_nss_idmap0-debuginfo: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

libsss_nss_idmap0: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

libsss_idmap0-debuginfo: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

libsss_idmap0: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

libsss_certmap0-debuginfo: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

libsss_certmap0: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

libipa_hbac0-debuginfo: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

libipa_hbac0: before 1.16.1-4.40.1

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2022/suse-su-20221258-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.