CVE-2012-5484 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2012-5484

The client in FreeIPA 2.x and 3.x before 3.1.2 does...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

freeipa
Vulnerable Versions:
2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.1.0, 2.1.1, 2.1.3, 2.1.4, 2.2.1, 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.1.1

Timeline

Official Publish: January 27th, 2013
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.