CVE-2021-3621
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Summary
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.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | sssd | sssd 2.6.0 | affected |
Weaknesses
- CWE-77: CWE-77
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://sssd.io/release-notes/sssd-2.6.0.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975142
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00028.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/02/msg00008.html
References
- https://sssd.io/release-notes/sssd-2.6.0.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975142
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00028.html
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