Red Hat FreeIPA up to 3.1.1 cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Red Hat FreeIPA up to 3.1.1. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2012-5484. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat FreeIPA up to 3.1.1 (Directory Service Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The client in FreeIPA 2.x and 3.x before 3.1.2 does not properly obtain the Certification Authority (CA) certificate from the server, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a join procedure via a crafted certificate.

The weakness was released 01/27/2013 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at freeipa.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-5484 since 10/24/2012. The attack needs to be initiated within the local network. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1600 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 68714 (Oracle Linux 6 : ipa (ELSA-2013-0188)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120823 (Red Hat Update for IPA-client (RHSA-2013:0189)).

Upgrading to version 2.2.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (81485), Tenable (68714), SecurityFocus (BID 57529†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-38308†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Nessus ID: 68714
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 6 : ipa (ELSA-2013-0188)
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OpenVAS ID: 881580
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for ipa-admintools CESA-2013:0188 centos6
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: FreeIPA 2.2.1
Patch: git.fedorahosted.org

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10/24/2012 🔍
01/23/2013 +91 days 🔍
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01/27/2013 +4 days 🔍
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03/24/2015 +620 days 🔍
12/29/2024 +3568 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: RHSA-2013:0188
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-5484 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-5484
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-63431

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X-Force: 81485
SecurityFocus: 57529 - FreeIPA CVE-2012-5484 Man in The Middle Security Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 38308 - FreeIPA Improper Certification Authority Obtaining Allows Remote Join Procedure Spoofing, Critical

Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/29/2024 06:24
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (66), 04/24/2017 13:13 (5), 12/21/2021 21:38 (4), 12/21/2021 21:51 (1), 12/29/2024 06:24 (33)
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