# CVE-2017-12173: It was found that sssd's sysdb\_search\_user\_by\_upn\_res() function before 1.16.0 did not sanitize requests when querying its local cache and w

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-07-27 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- sssd: 1.16.0

## Description

It was found that sssd's sysdb_search_user_by_upn_res() function before 1.16.0 did not sanitize requests when querying its local cache and was vulnerable to injection. In a centralized login environment, if a password hash was locally cached for a given user, an authenticated attacker could use this flaw to retrieve it.

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3379
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12173
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1877

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