Vulnerability Details : CVE-2016-7030
FreeIPA uses a default password policy that locks an account after 5 unsuccessful authentication attempts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by locking out the account in which system services run on.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Products affected by CVE-2016-7030
- cpe:2.3:a:freeipa:freeipa:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-7030
0.86%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days
EPSS Score History
~ 73 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less
CVSS scores for CVE-2016-7030
| Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source | First Seen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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5.0
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
10.0
|
2.9
|
NIST | |
|
7.5
|
HIGH | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
3.9
|
3.6
|
NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2016-7030
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Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
References for CVE-2016-7030
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https://pagure.io/freeipa?id=6f1d927467e7907fd1991f88388d96c67c9bff61
Overview - freeipa - Pagure.ioThird Party Advisory
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/02/5
oss-security - freeIPA CVEs CVE-2016-9575 (insufficient permission check) & CVE-2016-7030 (DoS)Mailing List;Third Party Advisory
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1370493
1370493 – (CVE-2016-7030) CVE-2016-7030 ipa: DoS attack against kerberized services by abusing password policyIssue Tracking;Third Party Advisory
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0001.html
RHSA-2017:0001 - Security Advisory - Red Hat Customer Portal
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94934
FreeIPA CVE-2016-7030 Denial of Service VulnerabilityThird Party Advisory;VDB Entry
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