UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5404

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5404

    Published: 7 Sept 2016Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-5404
    Aliases:
    USN-4792-1

    Summary:

    Details: The cert_revoke command in FreeIPA does not check for the "revoke certificate" permission, which allows remote authenticated users to revoke arbitrary certificates by leveraging the "retrieve certificate" permission.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5404, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5404, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4792-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: freeipa

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.3.1-0ubuntu1+esm1

    Affected versions

    4.1.4-1

    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