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Cryptographic Issues

CVE-2012-5484

High
7.9/10

Summary

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.

  • MEDIUM
  • ADJACENT_NETWORK
  • NONE
  • COMPLETE
  • COMPLETE
  • COMPLETE

CWE-310 - Cryptographic Issues

Cryptographic issues is a category of weaknesses related to the design and implementation of the confidentiality and integrity of data. If not addressed, the weaknesses in this category can lead to data quality degradation.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published