CVE-2015-5292

Summary

CVECVE-2015-5292
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-10-29 16:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 00:53:00 UTC
DescriptionMemory leak in the Privilege Attribute Certificate (PAC) responder plugin (sssd_pac_plugin.so) in System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) 1.10 before 1.13.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of logins that trigger parsing of PAC blobs during Kerberos authentication.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.10.0 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.10.1 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.11.0 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.11.1 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.11.2 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.11.3 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.11.4 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.11.5 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.11.6 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.11.7 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.12.0 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.12.1 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.12.2 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.12.3 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.12.4 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.12.5 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.13.0 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.10.0 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.10.1 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.11.0 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.11.1 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.11.2 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.11.3 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.11.4 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.11.5 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.11.6 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.11.7 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.12.0 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.12.1 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.12.2 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.12.3 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.12.4 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.12.5 All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd 1.13.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 1267580 – CVE-2015-5292 sssd: memory leak in the sssd_pac_plugin CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
#2803 (Memory leak / possible DoS with krb auth.) – SSSD CONFIRM fedorahosted.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
permalink.gmane.org | 522: Connection timed out MLIST permalink.gmane.org Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: sssd-1.12.5-4.fc21 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
SSSD 'sss_client/sssd_pac.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE-2015-5292 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: sssd-1.13.1-2.fc23 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Infrastructure/Fedorahosted-retirement - Fedora Project Wiki CONFIRM fedorahosted.org
System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) Memory Leak in PAC Plugin Lets Remote Authenticated Users Consume Excessive Memory Resources - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: sssd-1.13.1-2.fc22 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Releases/Notes-1.13.1 – SSSD CONFIRM fedorahosted.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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