CVE-2012-3462

Publication date 26 December 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

A flaw was found in SSSD version 1.9.0. The SSSD's access-provider logic causes the result of the HBAC rule processing to be ignored in the event that the access-provider is also handling the setup of the user's SELinux user context.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
sssd	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
sssd	Upstream: https://pagure.io/SSSD/sssd/c/ffcf27b0b773b580289d596f796aaf86c45ba920

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H