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CVE-2018-16838

A flaw was found in sssd Group Policy Objects implementation. When the GPO is not readable by SSSD due to a too strict p

A 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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.4 EPSS 0.01085
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Weakness Classification

CWE-269Improper Privilege Management
CWE-284Improper Access Control
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Affected Products & Versions

2
fedoraproject sssdall versions
redhat enterprise linuxall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

5.4
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.0 · secalert@redhat.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD25 Mar 2019 · 06:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
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Vendor Advisories

9
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:13446-1
usnUSN-5067-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2019:1476-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2019:1589-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2019:1477-1
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References & Sources

4
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00042.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00051.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16838Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00028.html
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