CVE-2016-5404
ipa: Insufficient privileges check in certificate revocation
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · August 17, 2016
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
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.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 4.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CVSS 2.0 · 4AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE-285 · Improper Authorization