Detections
Analytics
RHEL 6 / 7 : ipa (RHSA-2016:1797)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 93269
Language:
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for ipa.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 / 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2016:1797 advisory.Red Hat Identity Management (IdM) is a centralized authentication, identity management, and authorization solution for both traditional and cloud-based enterprise environments.
Security Fix(es):
* An insufficient permission check issue was found in the way IPA server treats certificate revocation requests. An attacker logged in with the 'retrieve certificate' permission enabled could use this flaw to revoke certificates, possibly triggering a denial of service attack. (CVE-2016-5404)
This issue was discovered by Fraser Tweedale (Red Hat).
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL ipa package based on the guidance in RHSA-2016:1797.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?44a9d643
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1797
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 93269
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2016-1797.nasl
Version: 2.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 9/2/2016
Updated: 3/24/2025
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4
Temporal Score: 3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5404
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-server-trust-ad, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-client, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-python, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-admintools, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-server-selinux, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipa-server-dns
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/1/2016
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/7/2016
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2016-5404