CVE-2016-7030 (GCVE-0-2016-7030)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-08-28 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:50
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1370493 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94934 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| https://pagure.io/freeipa?id=6f1d927467e7907fd199… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0001.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/02/5 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
Date Public
2017-01-02 00:00
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