CVE-2012-5484

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-5484
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-01-27 18:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe client in FreeIPA 2.x and 3.x before 3.1.2 does not properly obtain the Certification Authority (CA) certificate from the server, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a join procedure via a crafted certificate.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.9 from [email protected]

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-310 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Redhat Freeipa 2.0.0 All All All
Application Redhat Freeipa 2.0.1 All All All
Application Redhat Freeipa 2.1.0 All All All
Application Redhat Freeipa 2.1.1 All All All
Application Redhat Freeipa 2.1.3 All All All
Application Redhat Freeipa 2.1.4 All All All
Application Redhat Freeipa 2.2.1 All All All
Application Redhat Freeipa 3.0.0 All All All
Application Redhat Freeipa 3.0.1 All All All
Application Redhat Freeipa 3.0.2 All All All
Application Redhat Freeipa 3.1.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Overview - freeipa - Pagure.io af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.fedorahosted.org
Overview - freeipa - Pagure.io af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.fedorahosted.org
Overview - freeipa - Pagure.io af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.fedorahosted.org
Overview - freeipa - Pagure.io af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.fedorahosted.org
Overview - freeipa - Pagure.io af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.fedorahosted.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
CVE-2012-5484 - FreeIPA af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.freeipa.org Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Releases/3.1.2 - FreeIPA af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.freeipa.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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