CVE-2016-5404

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-5404
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-09-07 20:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:24:00 UTC
DescriptionThe cert_revoke command in FreeIPA does not check for the "revoke certificate" permission, which allows remote authenticated users to revoke arbitrary certificates by leveraging the "retrieve certificate" permission.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-284

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 24 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 25 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 24 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 25 All All All
Application Freeipa Freeipa - All All All
Application Freeipa Freeipa - All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 6 All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 7 All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 6 All All All
Operating System Oracle Linux 7 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
1351593 – (CVE-2016-5404) CVE-2016-5404 ipa: Insufficient privileges check in certificate revocation MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Oracle Linux Bulletin - July 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: freeipa-4.2.4-2.fc23 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MISC lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: freeipa-4.3.2-2.fc24 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: freeipa-4.3.2-2.fc24 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MISC lists.fedoraproject.org
freeipa.git - FreeIPA git repository, for more info see http://freeipa.org CONFIRM git.fedorahosted.org Issue Tracking, Patch
#6232 (Insufficient privileges check in certificate revocation (CVE-2016-5404)) – freeipa CONFIRM fedorahosted.org Issue Tracking
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: freeipa-4.2.4-2.fc23 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE-2016-5404 freeipa: Insufficient privileges check in certificate revocation MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: freeipa-4.3.2-2.fc25 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
FreeIPA CVE-2016-5404 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE-2016-5404 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: freeipa-4.3.2-2.fc25 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MISC lists.fedoraproject.org
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