UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16883

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-16883

    Published: 19 Dec 2018Last Modified: 3 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-16883

    Summary:

    Details: sssd versions from 1.13.0 to before 2.0.0 did not properly restrict access to the infopipe according to the "allowed_uids" configuration parameter. If sensitive information were stored in the user directory, this could be inadvertently disclosed to local attackers.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16883, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16883

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: sssd

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/sssd?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.12.5-2

    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