CVE-2015-5292

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-5292
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-10-29 16:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
permalink.gmane.org | 522: Connection timed out af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 permalink.gmane.org Vendor Advisory
SSSD 'sss_client/sssd_pac.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: sssd-1.13.1-2.fc23 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) Memory Leak in PAC Plugin Lets Remote Authenticated Users Consume Excessive Memory Resources - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
#2803 (Memory leak / possible DoS with krb auth.) – SSSD af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fedorahosted.org
Releases/Notes-1.13.1 – SSSD af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fedorahosted.org
Infrastructure/Fedorahosted-retirement - Fedora Project Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fedorahosted.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: sssd-1.13.1-2.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 21 Update: sssd-1.12.5-4.fc21 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Bug 1267580 – CVE-2015-5292 sssd: memory leak in the sssd_pac_plugin af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
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CVE-2015-5292 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
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