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Status published
Medium
CVE-2019-3811
A vulnerability was found in sssd. If a user was...
Vulnerability Description
A vulnerability was found in sssd. If a user was configured with no home directory set, sssd would return '/' (the root directory) instead of '' (the empty string / no home directory). This could impact services that restrict the user's filesystem access to within their home directory through chroot() etc. All versions before 2.1 are vulnerable.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00011.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106644
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3811
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00026.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00045.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2177
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00028.html
Affected Vendor
The sssd Project
View all reports →Affected Software
sssd
Vulnerable Versions:
2.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 15th, 2019
Last Modified:
February 13th, 2025
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
T1190
Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1083
File and Directory Discovery
Discovery
T1005
Data from Local System
Collection
T1041
Exfiltration Over C2 Channel
Exfiltration
T1565
Data Manipulation
Impact
T1213
Data from Information Repositories
Collection
T1552
Unsecured Credentials
Credential Access