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SUSE: 2021:2941-1 Important: SSSD Shell Command Injection Defense

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Calendar Grey September 3, 2021
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SUSE has released a crucial security patch for sssd, rectifying vital vulnerabilities, including a critical shell command injection flaw.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has two fixes is now available

Summary

This update for sssd fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-3621: Fixed shell command injection in sssctl via the logs-fetch and cache-expire subcommands (bsc#1189492). - Add LDAPS support for the AD provider (bsc#1183735). - Improve logs to record the reason why internal watchdog terminates a process (bsc#1187120). - Fix watchdog not terminating tasks (bsc#1187120). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP3-2021-2941=1 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

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References

#1183735 #1187120 #1189492

Cross- CVE-2021-3621

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-3621 (SUSE): 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3621.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1183735

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1187120

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1189492

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:2941-1
Rating: important

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