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CentOS Update for ipa-admintools CESA-2016:1797 centos6

🗓️ 06 Sep 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType 
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CentOS Update for ipa-admintools CESA-2016:1797 centos6. An insufficient permission check issue was found in the way IPA server treats certificate revocation requests. An attacker logged in with the 'retrieve certificate' permission enabled could use this flaw to revoke certificates, possibly triggering a denial of service attack

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882553");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-09-06 05:38:01 +0200 (Tue, 06 Sep 2016)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-5404");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2019-12-27 16:08:00 +0000 (Fri, 27 Dec 2019)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_name("CentOS Update for ipa-admintools CESA-2016:1797 centos6");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Check the version of ipa-admintools");
  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Red Hat Identity Management (IdM) is a
centralized authentication, identity management, and authorization solution for
both traditional and cloud-based enterprise environments.

Security Fix(es):

  * An insufficient permission check issue was found in the way IPA server
treats certificate revocation requests. An attacker logged in with the
'retrieve certificate' permission enabled could use this flaw to revoke
certificates, possibly triggering a denial of service attack.
(CVE-2016-5404)

This issue was discovered by Fraser Tweedale (Red Hat).");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"ipa-admintools on CentOS 6");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please Install the Updated Packages.");

  script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2016:1797");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2016-September/022057.html");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS6");
  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";

if(release == "CentOS6")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"ipa-admintools", rpm:"ipa-admintools~3.0.0~50.el6.centos.2", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"ipa-client", rpm:"ipa-client~3.0.0~50.el6.centos.2", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"ipa-python", rpm:"ipa-python~3.0.0~50.el6.centos.2", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"ipa-server", rpm:"ipa-server~3.0.0~50.el6.centos.2", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"ipa-server-selinux", rpm:"ipa-server-selinux~3.0.0~50.el6.centos.2", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"ipa-server-trust-ad", rpm:"ipa-server-trust-ad~3.0.0~50.el6.centos.2", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"ipa", rpm:"ipa~3.0.0~50.el6.centos.2", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
  exit(0);
}

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