What is CVE-2016-9575?

CVE-2016-9575 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freeipa, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2018-03-13.

How severe is CVE-2016-9575?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Freeipa

CVE-2016-9575

Ipa versions 4.2.x, 4.3.x before 4.3.3 and 4.4.x before 4.4.3 did not properly check the user's permissions while modifying certificate profiles in IdM's certprofile-mod command. An authenticated, unprivileged attacker could use this flaw to modify profiles to issue certificates with arbitrary naming or key usage information and subsequently use such certificates for other attacks.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

EPSS: 0.008 (51.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Freeipa — versions 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2
Freeipa Ipa — versions 4.4.x before 4.4.3, 4.2.x, 4.3.x before 4.3.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

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_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-9575?: CVE-2016-9575 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Freeipa, classified under Incorrect Authorization. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2018-03-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-9575?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.