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.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2016-7915 | 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. |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-4792-1 | FreeIPA vulnerabilities |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T01:50:46.149Z
Reserved: 2016-08-23T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2016-7030
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Status : Modified
Published: 2017-08-28T15:29:01.533
Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033
Link: CVE-2016-7030
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD
Ubuntu USN