ubuntu-cve-2016-7030
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-08-28 15:29
Modified
2025-09-08 16:43
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "freeipa-client",
            "binary_version": "3.3.4-0ubuntu3.1+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-freeipa",
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          }
        ]
      },
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        "name": "freeipa",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/freeipa@3.3.4-0ubuntu3.1+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty/esm"
      },
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            {
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            },
            {
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "3.2.1-0ubuntu1",
        "3.3.4-0ubuntu1",
        "3.3.4-0ubuntu2",
        "3.3.4-0ubuntu3",
        "3.3.4-0ubuntu3.1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "freeipa-admintools",
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          },
          {
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            "binary_version": "4.3.1-0ubuntu1+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeipa-common",
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-0ubuntu1+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeipa-server",
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-0ubuntu1+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeipa-server-dns",
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-0ubuntu1+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeipa-server-trust-ad",
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-0ubuntu1+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "freeipa-tests",
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-0ubuntu1+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-ipaclient",
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-0ubuntu1+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-ipalib",
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-0ubuntu1+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-ipaserver",
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-0ubuntu1+esm1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-ipatests",
            "binary_version": "4.3.1-0ubuntu1+esm1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "freeipa",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/freeipa@4.3.1-0ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-apps/xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "4.1.4-1",
        "4.3.1-0ubuntu1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7030",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:43:50Z",
  "published": "2017-08-28T15:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7030"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1370493"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1404910"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7030"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4792-1"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-4792-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2016-7030"
  ]
}



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