#2992 SSSD does not destroy user Kerberos cache upon logout
Closed: cloned-to-github 3 years ago by pbrezina. Opened 8 years ago by ondrejv2.

Steps to reproduce:
1. login to machine as <user> and log out
2. login as root, the 'su <user>'
3. run 'klist'
4. Valid principal is observed - this is security problem

Observed on RHEL-7


I remember we discussed it at some point. I know this is how things worked before SSSD but why is it an expectation that the cache should be cleaned?

I would say it was more important back when ccaches were stored on disk. pam_krb5 used to offer this option. But since we are using keyring now, then the ccaches are only accessible by root or by the UID of the user.

I think it might be less critical now, but I believe it is still important.
Imagine a malicious user gets root access to the machine - he could easily steal network identity of the user who has logged out few hours ago.

If a user gets root on the machine, he can install a keylogger.

This is a bug, but it's fine to fix it in the next version.

milestone: NEEDS_TRIAGE => SSSD 1.15 beta

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7 years ago

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6 years ago

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4 years ago

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3 years ago

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