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CVE-2012-5484 json

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…

published 2013-01-27 13 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also PYSEC-2013-36 , PYSEC-2013-38 , EUVD-2013-0010

cvss
7.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 49%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • ipa-client RHEL 5 2.1.3-5.el5_9.2
  • ipa RHEL 6 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1
  • ipa-client RHEL 6 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1
  • ipa-python RHEL 6 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1
  • ipa-server RHEL 6 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1
  • ipa-admintools RHEL 6 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1
  • ipa-server-selinux RHEL 6 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:0189RHSA-2013:0188

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-5484 updated cvss 6.8

ipa: weakness when initiating join from IPA client can potentially compromise IPA domain

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) ipa-client 2.1.3-5.el5_9.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0189
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) ipa 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-client 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-python 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-server 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-admintools 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-server-selinux 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) ipa 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-client 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-python 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-server 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-admintools 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-server-selinux 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) ipa 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-client 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-python 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-server 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-admintools 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-server-selinux 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) ipa 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-client 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-python 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-server 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-admintools 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-server-selinux 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) ipa 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-client 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-python 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-server 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-admintools 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-server-selinux 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) ipa 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-client 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-python 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-server 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-admintools 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1, ipa-server-selinux 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:0188

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 49% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.9 AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.