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CVE-2017-2590

A vulnerability was found in ipa before 4.4. IdM's ca-del, ca-disable, and ca-enable commands did...

8.1 HighFix available

A vulnerability was found in ipa before 4.4. IdM's ca-del, ca-disable, and ca-enable commands did not properly check the user's permissions while modifying CAs in Dogtag. An authenticated, unauthorized attacker could use this flaw to delete, disable, or enable CAs causing various denial of service problems with certificate issuance, OCSP signing, and deletion of secret keys.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.27%Up 0.2 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 8.1

A vulnerability was found in ipa before 4.4. IdM's ca-del, ca-disable, and ca-enable commands did not properly check the user's permissions while modifying CAs in Dogtag. An authenticated, unauthorized attacker could use this flaw to delete, disable, or enable CAs causing various denial of service problems with certificate issuance, OCSP signing, and deletion of secret keys.

Record
CVE-2017-2590
CVSS 3.0
8.1 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-732
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-11768 8.1

A vulnerability was found in ipa before 4.4. IdM's ca-del, ca-disable, and ca-enable commands did not properly check the user's permissions while modifying CAs in Dogtag. An authenticated, unauthorized attacker could use this flaw to delete, disable, or enable CAs causing various denial of service problems with certificate issuance, OCSP signing, and deletion of secret keys.

Record
EUVD-2017-11768
CVSS 3.0
8.1 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-7gp5-3wrx-x8j6 8.1

A vulnerability was found in ipa before 4.4. IdM's ca-del, ca-disable, and ca-enable commands did...

A vulnerability was found in ipa before 4.4. IdM's ca-del, ca-disable, and ca-enable commands did not properly check the user's permissions while modifying CAs in Dogtag. An authenticated, unauthorized attacker could use this flaw to delete, disable, or enable CAs causing various denial of service problems with certificate issuance, OCSP signing, and deletion of secret keys.

Record
GHSA-7gp5-3wrx-x8j6
CVSS 3.0
8.1 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 8.1

A vulnerability was found in ipa before 4.4. IdM's ca-del, ca-disable, and ca-enable commands did not properly check the user's permissions while modifying CAs in Dogtag. An authenticated, unauthorized attacker could use this flaw to delete, disable, or enable CAs causing various denial of service problems with certificate issuance, OCSP signing, and deletion of secret keys.

Record
CVE-2017-2590
CVSS 3.0
8.1 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.5 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-732, CWE-275
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.1

A vulnerability was found in ipa before 4.4. IdM's ca-del, ca-disable, and ca-enable commands did not properly check the user's permissions while modifying CAs in Dogtag. An authenticated, unauthorized attacker could use this flaw to delete, disable, or enable CAs causing various denial of service problems with certificate issuance, OCSP signing, and deletion of secret keys.

Record
CVE-2017-2590
CVSS 3.0
8.1 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2017:0388 8.1

Red Hat Security Advisory: ipa security and bug fix update

Record
RHSA-2017:0388
CVSS 3.0
8.1 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-2590 8.1

A vulnerability was found in ipa before 4.4. IdM's ca-del, ca-disable, and ca-enable commands did not properly check the user's permissions while modifying CAs in Dogtag. An authenticated, unauthorized attacker could use this flaw to delete, disable, or enable CAs causing various denial of service problems with certificate issuance, OCSP signing, and deletion of secret keys.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-2590
CVSS 3.0
8.1 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ipa
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-client
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-client-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-python-compat
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
python2-ipaclient
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
python2-ipalib
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-admintools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-server
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ipa-server-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-server-dns
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-server-trust-ad
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
python2-ipaserver
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-client
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-client-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-python-compat
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
python2-ipaclient
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
python2-ipalib
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-admintools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-server
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-server-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-server-dns
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-server-trust-ad
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
python2-ipaserver
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::computenode
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-admintools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-client
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-client-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-python-compat
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-server
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-server-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-server-dns
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-server-trust-ad
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
python2-ipaclient
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
python2-ipalib
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
python2-ipaserver
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-admintools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-client
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-client-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-python-compat
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-server
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-server-common
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-server-dns
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
ipa-server-trust-ad
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
python2-ipaclient
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
python2-ipalib
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
python2-ipaserver
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::workstation
 before 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6
0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-2590 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Red Hat Ipa, published July 27, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.27%, the 69th percentile. Fixed in ipa 0:4.4.0-14.el7_3.6.

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