Credentials management in FreeIPA - CVE-2016-7030
Published: August 28, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38415
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7030
CWE-ID: CWE-255
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 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-7030
Install update from vendor's website.