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Mageia: 2019-0395 Moderate: sssd Group Policy Object Flaw

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Calendar Grey December 19, 2019
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Recent updates to the sssd packages in Mageia rectify a significant security vulnerability that allowed unauthorized access because of improper file permissions.
The updated packages fix a security vulnerability: A flaw was found in sssd Group Policy Objects implementation

Summary

The updated packages fix a security vulnerability:
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. (CVE-2018-16838)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25234

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2177

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16838

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security fix authentication issue sssd Mageia permission settings GPO

Resolution

SRPMS

- 7/core/sssd-1.16.3-3.1.mga7

Publication date: 19 Dec 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0395.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-16838

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security fix authentication issue sssd Mageia permission settings GPO

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