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7.5high

CVE-2016-7030

FreeIPA uses a default password policy that locks an account after 5 unsuccessful authentication attempts, which allows remote attackers to…

Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
4.7%
percentile 92%
Public exploits
0
none known

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.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

4.74% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-255 Credentials Management Errors

References

  • bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1370493 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/94934 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • pagure.io /freeipa?id=6f1d927467e7907fd1991f88388d96c67c9bff61 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017-0001.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2017/01/02/5 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred

Sources

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