CVE-2016-5404

CVSS V2 Medium 4 CVSS V3 Medium 6.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-5404
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2016-09-07T20:59:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2023-02-12T23:24:00
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-284 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/284.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:freeipa:freeipa:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • SINGLE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • LOW
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.5
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1797.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/17/9 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjul2016-3090544.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92525 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1797
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5404
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1351593
https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/6232 Issue Tracking
https://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/freeipa.git/commit/?id=cf74584d0f772f3f5eccc1d30c001e4212a104fd Issue Tracking Patch
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3PZ2ZQTMGC2UBRNHXVVOY3PJDOBP4CP4/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S5OROLKFSY5QRQS7NGBNDP5QMOBV3XMZ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VQDYWANTMDFZP3HTGSEOA2IONVUITYX5/
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5404
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-5404
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:55:50 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 11:01:50 2016-09-07T20:59Z 2016-09-07T20:59:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 11:01:50 2019-12-27T16:08:55 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 11:01:50 Modified Vulnerability Status updated
2023-02-02 16:05:45 2023-02-02T15:17:11 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-02 16:05:45 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. An insufficient permission check issue was found in the way IPA server treats certificate revocation requests. An attacker logged in with the 'retrieve certificate' permission enabled could use this flaw to revoke certificates, possibly triggering a denial of service attack. Description updated
2023-02-02 16:05:46 References updated
2023-02-13 01:06:42 2023-02-12T23:24:00 CVE Modified Date updated
2023-02-13 01:06:42 An insufficient permission check issue was found in the way IPA server treats certificate revocation requests. An attacker logged in with the 'retrieve certificate' permission enabled could use this flaw to revoke certificates, possibly triggering a denial of service attack. 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. Description updated