CVE-2019-3811
Public on 2019-01-15
Modified on 2019-10-30
Description
A vulnerability was found in sssd where, if a user was configured with no home directory set, sssd would return '/' (the root directory) instead of '' (the empty string / no home directory). This could impact services that restrict the user's filesystem access to within their home directory through chroot().
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
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 | 4.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 2.7 | AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 5.2 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |