Description
The default configuration of Red Hat Enterprise IPA 1.0.0 and FreeIPA before 1.1.1 places ldap:///anyone on the read ACL for the krbMKey attribute, which allows remote attackers to obtain the Kerberos master key via an anonymous LDAP query.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Ipa 1 | ipa +5 | 1.0.0-23.el5ipa | RHSA-2008:0860 |
Advisories 1
- RHSA-2008:0860 Red Hat Security Advisory: ipa security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Nov 22, 2025
References
- FEDORA-2008-7987 vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2008-8003 vendor-advisory
- 31111 vdb-entry
- http://www.freeipa.org/page/News
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/freeipa.git/?p=freeipa.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9932887f2af38b9701efec27707648c026ec445c
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457835
- http://www.freeipa.org/page/CVE-2008-3274
- 1020850 vdb-entry
- 31861 third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2008:0860 vendor-advisory
- http://www.freeipa.org/page/Downloads