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.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0001.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/02/5	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94934	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1370493	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://pagure.io/freeipa?id=6f1d927467e7907fd1991f88388d96c67c9bff61	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:freeipa:freeipa:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-08-28 15:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:15

NVD link : CVE-2016-7030

Mitre link : CVE-2016-7030

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-7030

JSON object : View

Products Affected

freeipa

freeipa

CWE

CWE-255

Credentials Management Errors

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