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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2018-16838: sssd: improper implementation of GPOs due to too restrictive permissions

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Red Hat OpenShift: CVE-2018-16838: sssd: improper implementation of GPOs due to too restrictive permissions

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
03/25/2019
Created
12/30/2020
Added
12/29/2020
Modified
05/10/2023

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)

  • linuxrpm-upgrade-redhat-coreos

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