CVE-2018-16838

Public on 2019-03-25
Modified on 2019-10-30
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.
Severity
Low severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.4
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 sssd 2019-10-08 ALAS-2019-1307 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Core sssd 2019-10-28 ALAS2-2019-1343 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD CVSSv2 5.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
NVD CVSSv3 5.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N