Improper Authorization in FreeIPA - CVE-2016-9575
Published: March 13, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37442
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9575
CWE-ID: CWE-285
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: freeipa.org
Affected software:
FreeIPA
FreeIPA
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to read and manipulate data.
Ipa versions 4.2.x, 4.3.x before 4.3.3 and 4.4.x before 4.4.3 did not properly check the user's permissions while modifying certificate profiles in IdM's certprofile-mod command. An authenticated, unprivileged attacker could use this flaw to modify profiles to issue certificates with arbitrary naming or key usage information and subsequently use such certificates for other attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-9575
Install update from vendor's website.