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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-5404

The 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.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 2.58%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.58%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The 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.

CVSS 3.0
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
2.58% probability · 84th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-284
Affected
freeipa/freeipa · oracle/linux · fedoraproject/fedora
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.