CVE-2011-1758
lowpriority · track · 15EPSS 0.003 · 27 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The krb5_save_ccname_done function in providers/krb5/krb5_auth.c in System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) 1.5.x before 1.5.7, when automatic ticket renewal and offline authentication are configured, uses a pathname string as a password, which allows local users to bypass Kerberos authentication by listing the /tmp directory to obtain the pathname.
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affected products (9)
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references (27)
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- http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/?p=sssd.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fffdae81651b460f3d2c119c56d5caa09b4de42acnnvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059532.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-May/059619.htmlcnnvd
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/29/4cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700867cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=700891cnnvd
- https://fedorahosted.org/pipermail/sssd-devel/2011-April/006138.htmlcnnvd
- https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/ticket/856cnnvd
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