Description
Memory leak in the Privilege Attribute Certificate (PAC) responder plugin (sssd_pac_plugin.so) in System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) 1.10 before 1.13.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of logins that trigger parsing of PAC blobs during Kerberos authentication.
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CVSS Vector Breakdown
Exploitability
AV:NAccess VectorNetwork
AC:LAccess ComplexityLow
Au:SAuthenticationSingle
Impact
C:NConfidentialityNone
I:NIntegrityNone
A:CAvailabilityComplete
Weaknesses
Affected Products
fedoraproject
oss-project·USaka fedora project
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Exploitability
Official Patch Available
References
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169110.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169597.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169613.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
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