CVE-2011-1758

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-1758
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-05-26 18:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe krb5_save_ccname_done function in providers/krb5/krb5_auth.c in System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) 1.5.x before 1.5.7, when automatic ticket renewal and offline authentication are configured, uses a pathname string as a password, which allows local users to bypass Kerberos authentication by listing the /tmp directory to obtain the pathname.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.7 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-287 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.5.0 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.5.1 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.5.2 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.5.3 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.5.4 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.5.5 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.5.6 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.5.6.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Fedora Hosted Git Repositories - sssd.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.fedorahosted.org
Bug 700867 – CVE-2011-1758 sssd: automatic TGT renewal overwrites cached password with value of predicatable filename af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
oss-security - vulnerability in sssd 1.5.0+ (CVE-2011-1758) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Patch
Infrastructure/Fedorahosted-retirement - Fedora Project Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fedorahosted.org Patch
Bug 700891 – CVE-2011-1758 sssd: automatic TGT renewal overwrites cached password with predicatable filename [fedora-all] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Issue #856: Automatic TGT renewal overwrites cached password - sssd - Pagure.io af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fedorahosted.org Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 14 Update: sssd-1.5.7-1.fc14 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Releases/Notes-1.5.7 – SSSD af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fedorahosted.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: sssd-1.5.7-1.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Fedora Hosted Git Repositories - sssd.git/commit MITRE git.fedorahosted.org
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