CVE-2017-2590

Q: How do I fix CVE-2017-2590?

Upgrade freeipa to 4.4.0 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2017-2590 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2017-2590 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.3% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 67% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2017-2590?

CVE-2017-2590 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2017-2590 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for freeipa (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGH

8.1

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource CWE-275

How to fix

Remediation Available

freeipaNVD

Affected:< 4.4.0Fixed in:4.4.0CVE-2017-2590derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.28%probability of exploitation in 30 days

67thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 67% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

bugzilla.redhat.com

Third-Party Advisory2

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2011-3923	Critical	9.8	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-15379	Critical	9.8	86%	-	-
CVE-2018-1000207	High	7.2	64%	-	-
CVE-2023-32986	High	8.8	61%	-	-
CVE-2021-44521	Critical	9.1	55%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-13374	Medium	4.3	38%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2017-2590?

Upgrade freeipa to 4.4.0 or later.

Is CVE-2017-2590 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2017-2590 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 1.3% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 67% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2017-2590?

CVE-2017-2590 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2017-2590 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for freeipa (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.