CVE-2012-4546

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2012-09-04
Bugzilla:
870234: CVE-2012-4546 ipa: servers do not publish correct CRLs

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The default configuration for IPA servers in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, when revoking a certificate from an Identity Management replica, does not properly update another Identity Management replica, which causes inconsistent Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) to be used and might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a revoked certificate.

Find out more about CVE-2012-4546 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 2.6
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (ipa) RHSA-2013:0528 2013-02-20

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