VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-5484
The 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.
HIGH 7.9EPSS 0.61%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.61%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The 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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.9 HIGHAV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.61% probability · 47th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-310
- Affected
- redhat/freeipa
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/freeipa.git/commit/?id=18eea90ebb24a9c22248f0b7e18646cc6e3e3e0f
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/freeipa.git/commit/?id=31e41eea6c2322689826e6065ceba82551c565aa
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/freeipa.git/commit/?id=91f4af7e6af53e1c6bf17ed36cb2161863eddae4
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/freeipa.git/commit/?id=a1991aeac19c3fec1fdd0d184c6760c90c9f9fc9
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/freeipa.git/commit/?id=a40285c5a0288669b72f9d991508d4405885bffc
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0188.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0189.html
- http://www.freeipa.org/page/CVE-2012-5484Vendor Advisory
- http://www.freeipa.org/page/Releases/3.1.2
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/freeipa.git/commit/?id=18eea90ebb24a9c22248f0b7e18646cc6e3e3e0f
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/freeipa.git/commit/?id=31e41eea6c2322689826e6065ceba82551c565aa
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/freeipa.git/commit/?id=91f4af7e6af53e1c6bf17ed36cb2161863eddae4
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/freeipa.git/commit/?id=a1991aeac19c3fec1fdd0d184c6760c90c9f9fc9
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/freeipa.git/commit/?id=a40285c5a0288669b72f9d991508d4405885bffc
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0188.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0189.html
- http://www.freeipa.org/page/CVE-2012-5484Vendor Advisory
- http://www.freeipa.org/page/Releases/3.1.2
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.