Bug 2509762 (CVE-2026-68742) - CVE-2026-68742 sssd: sssd: NSS responder out-of-bounds read via unchecked addrlen in GETHOSTBYADDR
Summary: CVE-2026-68742 sssd: sssd: NSS responder out-of-bounds read via unchecked add...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-68742
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2510306
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Reported: 2026-07-31 12:31 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-03 07:38 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-31 12:31:39 UTC
A flaw was found in SSSD. The sss_nss_protocol_parse_addr() function in the NSS responder (src/responder/nss/nss_protocol.c) extracts a 32-bit addrlen value from the client request but only validates that the body is at least 8 bytes, without checking that addrlen fits within the remaining packet body. This unvalidated length is passed through to talloc_memdup() in cache_req_data_create(), which copies addrlen bytes from the small request buffer, causing a heap-buffer-overflow read. A local attacker can trigger this by connecting to the world-writable NSS responder socket (/var/lib/sss/pipes/nss) and sending a SSS_NSS_GETHOSTBYADDR (0x0053) request with a large addrlen value and a valid address family payload so that inet_ntop() succeeds. Successful exploitation crashes the sssd_nss responder, causing a denial of service for NSS name resolution. Reported via PSIRTSUPT-20553 by BreachX Zero Day Labs.


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