CVE-2016-7030 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0001.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/02/5 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94934 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1370493 https://pagure.io/freeipa?id=6f1d927467e7907fd1991f88388d96c67c9bff61

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5