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Sssd CVE-2015-5292

MEDIUM
Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)
2015-10-29 secalert@redhat.com
6.8
CVSS 2.0 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

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CVSS VectorNVD

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
C

Lifecycle Timeline

1
CVE Published
Oct 29, 2015 - 16:59 cve.org
MEDIUM 6.8

DescriptionCVE.org

Memory leak in the Privilege Attribute Certificate (PAC) responder plugin (sssd_pac_plugin.so) in System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) 1.10 before 1.13.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of logins that trigger parsing of PAC blobs during Kerberos authentication.

AnalysisAI

Memory leak in the Privilege Attribute Certificate (PAC) responder plugin (sssd_pac_plugin.so) in System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) 1.10 before 1.13.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-399. Memory leak in the Privilege Attribute Certificate (PAC) responder plugin (sssd_pac_plugin.so) in System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) 1.10 before 1.13.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of logins that trigger parsing of PAC blobs during Kerberos authentication. Affected products include: Fedoraproject Sssd. Version information: before 1.13.1.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

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