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Ubuntu: USN-4792-1 (CVE-2016-5404): FreeIPA vulnerabilities

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

Sep 7, 2016

Added

Mar 22, 2023

Modified

Apr 16, 2026

Description

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.

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-freeipa-clientubuntu-pro-upgrade-freeipa-serverubuntu-pro-upgrade-freeipa-server-trust-adubuntu-pro-upgrade-python-freeipaubuntu-pro-upgrade-python-ipaclientubuntu-pro-upgrade-python-ipalibubuntu-pro-upgrade-python-ipaserver

References

CVE-2016-5404
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-5404
CWE-284
EUVD-EUVD-2016-6349
UBUNTU-USN-4792-1
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-6349

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