CVE-2019-3811

CVE Details

Release Date:	2019-01-15
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

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.

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

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	5.2
Vector String:	CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Version:	3.0
Attack 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