MGASA-2013-0158

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    MGASA-2013-0158

    Published: 6 Jun 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-0219

    Summary: Updated sssd packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: A TOCTOU (time-of-check time-of-use) race condition was found in the way SSSD, System Security Services Daemon, performed copying and removal of (user) directory trees.A local attacker, with permissions to write into directory of the victim, being actively / currently copied / removed via the sssd daemon facility, could use this flaw to conduct symbolic link attacks, leading to their ability to alter / remove directories outside of originally intended, to be modified, directory tree (CVE-2013-0219).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0158.html, https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/ticket/1782, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-February/098434.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9027

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: sssd

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/sssd?arch=source&distro=mageia-2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.8.6-1.mga2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High