CVE-2016-7030

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    CVE-2016-7030

    Published: 28 Aug 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: 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://pagure.io/freeipa?id=6f1d927467e7907fd1991f88388d96c67c9bff61, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1370493

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 59e4bc285390886422d5e15314fa8e2fac1cc4bd
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.6.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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