CVE-2011-1758
The 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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The 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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.7 LOWAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.34% probability · 27th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- fedoraproject/sssd
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=sssd.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fffdae81651b460f3d2c119c56d5caa09b4de42a
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059532.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059619.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/29/4Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700867Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700891
- https://fedorahosted.org/pipermail/sssd-devel/2011-April/006138.htmlPatch
- https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/ticket/856Patch
- https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/wiki/Releases/Notes-1.5.7
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=sssd.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fffdae81651b460f3d2c119c56d5caa09b4de42a
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059532.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059619.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/29/4Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700867Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700891
- https://fedorahosted.org/pipermail/sssd-devel/2011-April/006138.htmlPatch
- https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/ticket/856Patch
- https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/wiki/Releases/Notes-1.5.7
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.