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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-3621: SSSD: Command Injection

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2021-3621: SSSD: Command Injection

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/23/2021
Created
07/02/2024
Added
07/03/2024
Modified
07/03/2024

Description

A flaw was found in SSSD, where the sssctl command was vulnerable to shell command injection via the logs-fetch and cache-expire subcommands. This flaw allows an attacker to trick the root user into running a specially crafted sssctl command, such as via sudo, to gain root access. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-auth-sssd

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