Improper Authentication in System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) - CVE-2012-3462

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Improper Authentication in System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) - CVE-2012-3462

Published: December 26, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU34938
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-3462
CWE-ID: CWE-287
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: SSSD
Affected software:
System Security Services Daemon (SSSD)

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

A flaw was found in SSSD version 1.9.0. The SSSD's access-provider logic causes the result of the HBAC rule processing to be ignored in the event that the access-provider is also handling the setup of the user's SELinux user context.


How to mitigate CVE-2012-3462

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources