CVE-2018-16838

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Summary

CVECVE-2018-16838
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-03-25 18:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-05-29 17:15:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in sssd Group Policy Objects implementation. When the GPO is not readable by SSSD due to a too strict permission settings on the server side, SSSD will allow all authenticated users to login instead of denying access.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fedoraproject Sssd - All All All
Application Fedoraproject Sssd - All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1589-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1576-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
CVE-2018-16838 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
1640820 – (CVE-2018-16838) CVE-2018-16838 sssd: improper implementation of GPOs due to too restrictive permissions MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
1640820 – (CVE-2018-16838) CVE-2018-16838 sssd: improper implementation of GPOs due to too restrictive permissions CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 3436-1] sssd security update MISC lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 181811 Debian Security Update for sssd (DLA 3436-1)
  • 198490 Ubuntu Security Notification for SSSD Vulnerabilities (USN-5067-1)
  • 377523 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for sssd (ALINUX2-SA-2019:0093)
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