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CVE-2017-2590

A vulnerability was found in ipa before 4.4. IdM's ca-del, ca-disable, and ca-enable commands did not properly check the user's permissions while modifying CAs in Dogtag. An authenticated, unauthorized attacker could use this flaw to delete, disable, or enable CAs causing various denial of service problems with certificate issuance, OCSP signing, and deletion of secret keys.

Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a HIGH severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.1, indicating it can be exploited remotely over the network with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction requiring only low-level privileges . The vulnerability impacts integrity (unauthorized modifications), and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 7 products from freeipa, from redhat, from redhat and 4 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

First disclosed in 2018, this vulnerability was reported during a period defined by widespread IoT adoption challenges, mobile security concerns, and the emergence of advanced persistent threat (APT) techniques. Contemporary mitigation strategies focused on secure development practices and third-party component vetting.

Published

2018-07-27T18:29:00.627

Last Modified

2024-11-21T03:23:47.170

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 8.1 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: SINGLE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.0

Impact Score

4.9

Weaknesses

Type: Secondary
CWE-732
Type: Primary
CWE-275

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	freeipa	freeipa	< 4.4.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux	7.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_desktop	7.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server	7.0	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_aus	7.3	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_aus	7.4	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_eus	7.3	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_eus	7.4	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_server_eus	7.5	Yes
Operating System	redhat	enterprise_linux_workstation	7.0	Yes

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0388.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96557 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2590 Issue Tracking, Patch ([email protected])
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0388.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96557 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2590 Issue Tracking, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For freeipa's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.