QID 239567

Date Published: 2021-08-19

QID 239567: Red Hat Update for sssd (RHSA-2021:3178)

The System Security Services Daemon (SSSD)
service provides a set of daemons to manage access to remote directories and authentication mechanisms. It also provides the Name Service Switch (NSS)
and the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)
interfaces toward the system, and a pluggable back-end system to connect to multiple different account sources.

Security Fix(es): sssd: shell command injection in sssctl (CVE-2021-3621)

Affected Products:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.1 x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.1 s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.1 ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.1 aarch64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (for IBM Power LE) - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1 ppc64le
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.1 x86_64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.1 x86_64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.1 ppc64le
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.1 s390x
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.1 aarch64

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

On successful exploitation, it could allow an attacker to execute code.

  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 7.5 severity.
  • Solution
    Upgrade to the latest packages which contain a patch. Refer to Applying Package Updates to RHEL system for details.

    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2021:3178 to address this issue and obtain more information.

    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 239567

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2021:3178 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3178?language=en