Description
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RHEL 6 | ipa +5 | 2.2.0-17.el6_3.1 | RHSA-2013:0188 |
| RHEL 5 | ipa-client | 2.1.3-5.el5_9.2 | RHSA-2013:0189 |
Advisories 2
- RHSA-2013:0188 Red Hat Security Advisory: ipa security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jun 26, 2026
- RHSA-2013:0189 Red Hat Security Advisory: ipa-client security update Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Nov 22, 2025
References
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/freeipa.git/commit/?id=31e41eea6c2322689826e6065ceba82551c565aa
- http://www.freeipa.org/page/CVE-2012-5484
- http://www.freeipa.org/page/Releases/3.1.2
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/freeipa.git/commit/?id=a1991aeac19c3fec1fdd0d184c6760c90c9f9fc9
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/freeipa.git/commit/?id=18eea90ebb24a9c22248f0b7e18646cc6e3e3e0f
- RHSA-2013:0188 vendor-advisory
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/freeipa.git/commit/?id=91f4af7e6af53e1c6bf17ed36cb2161863eddae4
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/freeipa.git/commit/?id=a40285c5a0288669b72f9d991508d4405885bffc
- RHSA-2013:0189 vendor-advisory