High severity7.5OSV Advisory· Published Aug 28, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-7030

Description

FreeIPA uses a default password policy that locks an account after 5 unsuccessful authentication attempts, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by locking out the account in which system services run on.

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Affected products

Freeipa/FreeipaOSV3 versions
alpha-1-9-0, alpha_1-4-2-0, alpha_1-4-4-0, …+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: alpha-1-9-0, alpha_1-4-2-0, alpha_1-4-4-0, …
- cpe:2.3:a:freeipa:freeipa:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)

Patches

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References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/02/5nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94934nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
pagure.io/freeipanvdThird Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0001.htmlnvd

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