CVE-2016-7030

Summary

CVECVE-2016-7030
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-08-28 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-01-05 02:31:00 UTC
DescriptionFreeIPA 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-255

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Freeipa Freeipa 4.6.0 All All All
Application Freeipa Freeipa 4.6.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1370493 – (CVE-2016-7030) CVE-2016-7030 ipa: DoS attack against kerberized services by abusing password policy CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Overview - freeipa - Pagure.io CONFIRM pagure.io Third Party Advisory
oss-security - freeIPA CVEs CVE-2016-9575 (insufficient permission check) & CVE-2016-7030 (DoS) MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
FreeIPA CVE-2016-7030 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378104 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for ipa-server (VZLSA-2017:0001)
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