# CVE-2008-3274: 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 att

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-09-12 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## References

- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00733.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00743.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31111
- 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
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020850
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31861
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0860.html
- http://www.freeipa.org/page/Downloads

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