Recommended update for sssd

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2021:3185-1
Rating: moderate
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2021-3621 ( SUSE ): 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2021-3621 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 Business Critical Linux 15-SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 4.1

An update that solves one vulnerability, contains one feature and has five fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for sssd fixes the following issues:

  • Fix a dependency loop by moving internal libraries to sssd-common package. (bsc#1182058)
  • Moved sssctl command from sssd to sssd-tools package. (bsc#1184289)
  • Create timestamp attribute in cache objects if missing. (bsc#1182637)
  • Fix watchdog not terminating tasks. (bsc#1187120)
  • Improve logs to record the reason why internal watchdog terminates.
  • Fixed security issue with sssd: shell command injection in sssctl. (CVE-2021-3621, bsc#1189492)
  • Fixes a segfault with newer libcares2 versions when the library fails to parse a dns name. (bsc#1190021)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-3185=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15-SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libipa_hbac0-debuginfo-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • sssd-ad-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • sssd-krb5-common-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • libsss_idmap-devel-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • libsss_idmap0-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • sssd-winbind-idmap-debuginfo-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • libsss_idmap0-debuginfo-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • sssd-dbus-debuginfo-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • sssd-krb5-common-debuginfo-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • libsss_certmap-devel-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • libipa_hbac-devel-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • libsss_simpleifp0-debuginfo-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • sssd-ad-debuginfo-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • sssd-common-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • libipa_hbac0-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • sssd-ldap-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • libsss_nss_idmap0-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • sssd-proxy-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • sssd-proxy-debuginfo-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • sssd-dbus-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • sssd-ipa-debuginfo-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • libsss_simpleifp-devel-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • libsss_certmap0-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • libsss_nss_idmap-devel-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • sssd-krb5-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • python3-sssd-config-debuginfo-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • sssd-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • sssd-ipa-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • sssd-common-debuginfo-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • libsss_nss_idmap0-debuginfo-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • sssd-ldap-debuginfo-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • sssd-tools-debuginfo-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • sssd-debugsource-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • sssd-tools-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • python3-sssd-config-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • libsss_simpleifp0-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • libsss_certmap0-debuginfo-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • sssd-winbind-idmap-1.16.1-17.14.1
    • sssd-krb5-debuginfo-1.16.1-17.14.1

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