Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 27, 2013· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-5484
CVE-2012-5484
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.
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Affected products
12cpe:2.3:a:redhat:freeipa:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 10 more
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:freeipa:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:freeipa:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:freeipa:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:freeipa:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:freeipa:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:freeipa:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:freeipa:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:freeipa:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:freeipa:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:freeipa:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:redhat:freeipa:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
9- www.freeipa.org/page/CVE-2012-5484nvdVendor Advisory
- git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/freeipa.git/commit/nvd
- git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/freeipa.git/commit/nvd
- git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/freeipa.git/commit/nvd
- git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/freeipa.git/commit/nvd
- git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/freeipa.git/commit/nvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0188.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0189.htmlnvd
- www.freeipa.org/page/Releases/3.1.2nvd
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