usn-3526-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2018-01-10 12:57
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
sssd vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that SSSD incorrectly handled certain inputs when querying its local cache. An attacker could use this to inject arbitrary code and expose sensitive information.

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    {
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            {
              "id": "CVE-2017-12173",
              "severity": [
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                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
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                  "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
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        }
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
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          },
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          {
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        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/sssd@1.13.4-1ubuntu1.10?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
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          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
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        "1.13.1-2",
        "1.13.2-1",
        "1.13.3-1",
        "1.13.4-1",
        "1.13.4-1ubuntu1",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It was discovered that SSSD incorrectly handled certain inputs when querying\nits local cache. An attacker could use this to inject arbitrary code and expose\nsensitive information.\n",
  "id": "USN-3526-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:35Z",
  "published": "2018-01-10T12:57:14Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3526-1"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "sssd vulnerability",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12173"
  ]
}



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