Man-in-the-Middle Attack Vulnerability in FreeIPA Client

CVE-2012-5484 · HIGH Severity

AV:A/AC:M/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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