CVE-2016-7030 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can lock out system service accounts by triggering the default five-attempt password lockout policy, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-7030?
CVE-2016-7030 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-255
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7030?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Freeipa Freeipa.
How do I fix CVE-2016-7030?
Change a configuration setting.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-7030 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7030 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2015-5284 Information disclosure in n/a
- CVE-2026-11861 Freeipa: idm: ipa: freeipa: obtaining tgs with impersonating cname through trust relationships
- CVE-2024-2698 Freeipa: delegation rules allow a proxy service to impersonate any user to access another target service
- CVE-2012-5631 Information disclosure in ipa
- CVE-2017-11191 Security feature bypass in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-7030, GHSA-7f4g-pxcg-hgv7, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7030.