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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-16838: Security patch for sssd (ALAS-2019-1307)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2018-16838: Security patch for sssd (ALAS-2019-1307)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
03/25/2019
Created
10/12/2019
Added
10/11/2019
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-sssd

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