SB2017082811 - Credentials management in FreeIPA
Published: August 28, 2017 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017082811
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Credentials management (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7030)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.