Description
A flaw was found in SSSD, where the sssctl command was vulnerable to shell command injection via the logs-fetch and cache-expire subcommands. This flaw allows an attacker to trick the root user into running a specially crafted sssctl command, such as via sudo, to gain root access. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAttack VectorNetwork
AC:LAttack ComplexityLow
PR:NPrivileges RequiredNone
UI:RUser InteractionRequired
Scope
S:UScopeUnchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentialityHigh
I:HIntegrityHigh
A:HAvailabilityHigh
Weaknesses
Affected Products
redhat
commercial·USaka red hat
fedoraproject
oss-project·USaka fedora project
ООО «Ред Софт»
commercial·RUaka red soft
ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
АО «НППКТ»
commercial·RU
and 4 more affected products View all →
Exploitability
Official Patch Available
Attack Graph
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MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique Execution
References
https://sssd.io/release-notes/sssd-2.6.0.html
sssd.io
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975142
bugzilla.redhat.com
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00028.html
lists.debian.org
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