CVE-2016-7030

Description

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.86% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1370493 issue tracking third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94934 vdb entry third party advisory
https://pagure.io/freeipa?id=6f1d927467e7907fd1991f88388d96c67c9bff61 third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0001.html vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/02/5 third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-7030?
CVE-2016-7030 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-7030?
To fix CVE-2016-7030, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-7030 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-7030 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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