CVE-2021-3621

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 High 8.8
Description
A flaw was found in SSSD, where the sssctl command was vulnerable to shell command injection via the logs-fetch and cache-expire subcommands. This flaw allows an attacker to trick the root user into running a specially crafted sssctl command, such as via sudo, to gain root access. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2021-3621
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2021-12-23T21:15:08
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-10-24T16:38:42
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-78 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/78.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:sssd:sssd:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:virtualization_host:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9.3
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://sssd.io/release-notes/sssd-2.6.0.html Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1975142 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3621
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-3621
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 06:38:05 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 04:48:15 2021-12-23T21:15Z 2021-12-23T21:15:08 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-06 04:48:15 2022-10-24T16:38:42 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-06 04:48:15 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated