What is CVE-2016-7030?

CVE-2016-7030 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freeipa, classified under CWE-255. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-08-28.

How severe is CVE-2016-7030?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Freeipa

CVE-2016-7030

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.

EPSS: 0.047 (90.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Freeipa — versions 4.6.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-255

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-7030?: CVE-2016-7030 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freeipa, classified under CWE-255. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-08-28.
How severe is CVE-2016-7030?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.