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CVE-2016-9575 (GCVE-0-2016-9575)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-03-13 13:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:51
VLAI
Summary
Ipa versions 4.2.x, 4.3.x before 4.3.3 and 4.4.x before 4.4.3 did not properly check the user's permissions while modifying certificate profiles in IdM's certprofile-mod command. An authenticated, unprivileged attacker could use this flaw to modify profiles to issue certificates with arbitrary naming or key usage information and subsequently use such certificates for other attacks.
Severity
6.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1395311 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95068 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
FreeIPA ipa Affected: 4.2.x
Affected: 4.3.x before 4.3.3
Affected: 4.4.x before 4.4.3
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Date Public
2016-12-14 00:00
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