# CVE-2017-2590: A vulnerability was found in ipa before 4.4.

- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-07-27 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- Red Hat ipa: 4.4

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Red Hat ipa, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96557
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0388.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-2590

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