01 Record

CVE-2019-3811

A vulnerability was found in sssd. If a user was configured with no home directory set, sssd would return '/' (the root directory) instead of '' (the empty string / no home directory). This could

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat

CNA base score4.1 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

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02 Description

A vulnerability was found in sssd. If a user was configured with no home directory set, sssd would return '/' (the root directory) instead of '' (the empty string / no home directory). This could

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 0.69% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 52.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 5.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2019-01-15 15:00Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-02-13 16:27Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2019-01-03

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 4.1)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses

CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
CWE-552Files or Directories Accessible to External PartiesBase
CWE-1188Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure DefaultBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

15b958d47d2fffee27ea34e645238cf8e7e0ea4352876061d2c2ffd31c30afe4

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

The sssd Projectsssd2.1—

06 References

lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190117 [SECURITY] [DLA 1635-1] sssd security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/01/msg00011.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.securityfocus.com106644http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106644vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3811x_refsource_CONFIRM
lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:0344http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00026.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:1174http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00045.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2177https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2177vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00028.html

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

sssd
Fixed in 2.2.0-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

sssd
Fixed in 2.2.0-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

sssd
Fixed in 1.16.1-1ubuntu1.8

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS

sssd
No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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