CVE-2019-3811 describes a vulnerability in SSSD where, if a user lacked a defined home directory, SSSD would incorrectly return the root directory ('/') instead of an empty string. This flaw affects various Linux distributions including Debian, Fedora, OpenSUSE, and Red Hat, specifically SSSD versions prior to 2.1. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.2 (Medium), indicating an adjacent network attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to a high impact on availability by allowing services to incorrectly chroot users to the root directory. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:sssd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
42.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
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