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CVE-2016-7030 (GCVE-0-2016-7030)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-08-28 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:50
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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)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2017-01-02 00:00
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