VulnerabilityModified
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.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 4.70%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.70%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 4.70% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-255
- Affected
- freeipa/freeipa
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0001.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/02/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94934Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1370493Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://pagure.io/freeipa?id=6f1d927467e7907fd1991f88388d96c67c9bff61Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0001.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/02/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94934Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1370493Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://pagure.io/freeipa?id=6f1d927467e7907fd1991f88388d96c67c9bff61Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.