PYSEC-2013-38

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    PYSEC-2013-38

    Published: 27 Jan 2013Last Modified: 22 Feb 2026
    Aliases:
    CVE-2012-5484

    Summary:

    Details: The client in FreeIPA 2.x and 3.x before 3.1.2 does not properly obtain the Certification Authority (CA) certificate from the server, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a join procedure via a crafted certificate.

    References: http://www.freeipa.org/page/CVE-2012-5484, http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/freeipa.git/commit/?id=91f4af7e6af53e1c6bf17ed36cb2161863eddae4, http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/freeipa.git/commit/?id=18eea90ebb24a9c22248f0b7e18646cc6e3e3e0f, http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/freeipa.git/commit/?id=a1991aeac19c3fec1fdd0d184c6760c90c9f9fc9, http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/freeipa.git/commit/?id=31e41eea6c2322689826e6065ceba82551c565aa, http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/freeipa.git/commit/?id=a40285c5a0288669b72f9d991508d4405885bffc, http://www.freeipa.org/page/Releases/3.1.2, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0188.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0189.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ipa

    Purl: pkg:pypi/ipa

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -91f4af7e6af53e1c6bf17ed36cb2161863eddae4

    Affected versions

    4.10.2

    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