7.9

CVE-2012-5484: redhat freeipa Cryptographic Issues

CVSS: 7.9v2.0HighModified
AliasesPYSEC-2013-36PYSEC-2013-38RHSA-2013:0188
Published 27-01-2013Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-5484 is a high (CVSS 7.9) Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in redhat freeipa. EPSS estimates a 0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.9/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.61%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 27-01-2013
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The client in FreeIPA 2.x and 3.x before 3.1.2 does not properly obtain the Certification Authority (CA) certificate from the server, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a join procedure via a crafted certificate.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.61%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

48%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.61% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.61%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat9 products
  • freeipa2.0.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.1.0 | 2.1.1 | 2.1.3 | 2.1.4 | 2.2.1 | 3.0.0 | 3.0.1 | 3.0.2 | 3.1.1
  • ipa< 0:2.2.0-17.el6_3.1
  • ipa-admintools< 0:2.2.0-17.el6_3.1
  • ipa-client< 0:2.2.0-17.el6_3.1 | < 0:2.1.3-5.el5_9.2
  • ipa-client-debuginfo< 0:2.1.3-5.el5_9.2
PyPI2 products
  • freeipa< a40285c5a0288669b72f9d991508d4405885bffc | All versions (No fix recorded)
  • ipa< a40285c5a0288669b72f9d991508d4405885bffc | All versions (No fix recorded)

2 vendors · 11 products

References

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