CVE-2019-3811

CVE Details

Release Date:

2019-01-15

Description

A vulnerability was found in sssd. If a user was configured with no home directory set, sssd would return '/' (the root directory) instead of '' (the empty string / no home directory). This could impact services that restrict the user's filesystem access to within their home directory through chroot() etc. All versions before 2.1 are vulnerable.

See more information about CVE-2019-3811 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5.2	Base Metrics:	AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Access Vector:	Adjacent network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Privileges Required:	Low	User Interaction:	Required
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (sssd)	ELSA-2019-2177	2019-08-13

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