FreeIPA CVE-2012-5484 Man in The Middle Security Vulnerability

BID:57529

Info

FreeIPA CVE-2012-5484 Man in The Middle Security Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 57529
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2012-5484
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 23 2013 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 13 2015 09:24PM
Credit: Petr Mensik
Vulnerable: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 client
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server
Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.2
Oracle Enterprise Linux 6
Oracle Enterprise Linux 5
CentOS CentOS 6
CentOS CentOS 5
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

FreeIPA CVE-2012-5484 Man in The Middle Security Vulnerability

FreeIPA is prone to a security vulnerability that allows attackers to perform man-in-the-middle attacks.

Remote attackers can exploit this issue to gain access to administrative rights to the IPA server; other attacks are also possible.

FreeIPA 2.x and 3.x are vulnerable.

Solution / Fix

FreeIPA CVE-2012-5484 Man in The Middle Security Vulnerability

Solution:
Vendor updates are available. Please see the references for more information.

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