Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.120625
Category:	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks
Title:	Amazon Linux: Security Advisory (ALAS-2016-635)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'sssd' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2016-635 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'sssd' package(s) announced via the ALAS-2016-635 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: It was found that SSSD's Privilege Attribute Certificate (PAC) responder plug-in would leak a small amount of memory on each authentication request. A remote attacker could potentially use this flaw to exhaust all available memory on the system by making repeated requests to a Kerberized daemon application configured to authenticate using the PAC responder plug-in. Affected Software/OS: 'sssd' package(s) on Amazon Linux. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 6.8 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2015-5292 1034038 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034038 77529 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77529 FEDORA-2015-202c127199 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169110.html FEDORA-2015-7b47df69d3 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169597.html FEDORA-2015-cdea5324a8 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-October/169613.html RHSA-2015:2019 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2019.html RHSA-2015:2355 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2355.html [sssd-users] 20151021 A security bug in SSSD 1.10 and later (CVE-2015-5292) http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.sssd.user/3422 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1267580 https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/attachment/ticket/2803/0001-Fix-memory-leak-in-sssdpac_verify.patch https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/ticket/2803 https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/wiki/Releases/Notes-1.13.1
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