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Description

A flaw was found in sssd. This vulnerability allows a local user to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by submitting a specially crafted passkey authentication token that lacks null terminators. The authentication service reads past the end of the provided memory buffer, causing the process to crash and disrupting authentication services.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 — —
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 — —
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 — —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 sssd No fix yet —
Debian 13 sssd No fix yet —
Debian 12 sssd No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 sssd No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS sssd No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS sssd No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS sssd No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS sssd No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS sssd No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS sssd No fix yet —

References