# CVE-2010-0014: System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) before 1.0.1, when the krb5 auth\_provider is configured but the KDC is unreachable, allows physically

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-01-14 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) before 1.0.1, when the krb5 auth_provider is configured but the KDC is unreachable, allows physically proximate attackers to authenticate, via an arbitrary password, to the screen-locking program on a workstation that has any user's Kerberos ticket-granting ticket (TGT); and might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via vectors involving an arbitrary password in conjunction with a valid TGT.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/38160
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37747
- https://fedorahosted.org/sssd/wiki/Releases/Notes-1.0.1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=553233

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