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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2024-1481 json

Freeipa: specially crafted http requests potentially lead to denial of service

published 2024-04-10 2 y ago modified 2026-11-05 4 d ago also EUVD-2024-17231

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in FreeIPA. This issue may allow a remote attacker to craft a HTTP request with parameters that can be interpreted as command arguments to kinit on the FreeIPA server, which can lead to a denial of service.

Patch / fix

  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 8100020240307184541.6d180cd9, 8100020240307185118.fc00487d
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 0:4.11.0-9.el9_4
  • freeipa Debian 14, Debian 13 4.12.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-1481

  • ipa RHEL 8 4.9.13-8.module+el8.10.0+21433+ee1111fd
  • pyusb RHEL 8 1.0.0-9.1.module+el8.9.0+18920+2223d05e
  • softhsm RHEL 8 2.6.0-5.module+el8.9.0+18911+94941f82
  • custodia RHEL 8 0.6.0-3.module+el8.9.0+18911+94941f82
  • slapi-nis RHEL 8 0.60.0-4.module+el8.10.0+20723+03062ebd
  • ipa-client RHEL 8 4.9.13-8.module+el8.10.0+21433+ee1111fd
  • ipa-common RHEL 8 4.9.13-8.module+el8.10.0+21433+ee1111fd
  • ipa-server RHEL 8 4.9.13-8.module+el8.10.0+21432+ee17c097

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:3044RHSA-2024:2147

  • ipa-client AlmaLinux 9 4.11.0-9.el9_4
  • ipa-common AlmaLinux 9 4.11.0-9.el9_4
  • ipa-server AlmaLinux 9 4.11.0-9.el9_4
  • ipa-selinux AlmaLinux 9 4.11.0-9.el9_4
  • ipa-client-epn AlmaLinux 9 4.11.0-9.el9_4
  • ipa-server-dns AlmaLinux 9 4.11.0-9.el9_4
  • python3-ipalib AlmaLinux 9 4.11.0-9.el9_4
  • ipa-client-samba AlmaLinux 9 4.11.0-9.el9_4

almalinux advisories ALSA-2024:2147

  • pyusb Rocky Linux 8 1.0.0-9.1.module+el8.9.0+1371+ffa84eb9
  • softhsm Rocky Linux 8 2.6.0-5.module+el8.9.0+1371+ffa84eb9
  • custodia Rocky Linux 8 0.6.0-3.module+el8.9.0+1371+ffa84eb9
  • slapi-nis Rocky Linux 8 0.60.0-4.module+el8.9.0+1573+39ab85f4
  • opendnssec Rocky Linux 8 2.1.7-1.module+el8.9.0+1371+ffa84eb9
  • python-qrcode Rocky Linux 8 5.1-12.module+el8.9.0+1371+ffa84eb9
  • python-yubico Rocky Linux 8 1.3.2-9.1.module+el8.9.0+1371+ffa84eb9
  • ipa-healthcheck Rocky Linux 8 0.12-3.module+el8.9.0+1433+5bd2f890

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2024:3044

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-1481 updated cvss 5.3

freeipa: specially crafted HTTP requests potentially lead to denial of service

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ipa, ipa-client, ipa-common, ipa-python, ipa-server, ipa-admintools, +8 more
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) ipa 4.9.13-8.module+el8.10.0+21432+ee17c097, ipa 4.9.13-8.module+el8.10.0+21433+ee1111fd, pyusb 1.0.0-9.1.module+el8.9.0+18911+94941f82, pyusb 1.0.0-9.1.module+el8.9.0+18920+2223d05e, softhsm 2.6.0-5.module+el8.9.0+18911+94941f82, custodia 0.6.0-3.module+el8.9.0+18911+94941f82, +50 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:3044
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) ipa 4.11.0-9.el9_4, ipa-client 4.11.0-9.el9_4, ipa-common 4.11.0-9.el9_4, ipa-server 4.11.0-9.el9_4, ipa-selinux 4.11.0-9.el9_4, ipa-client-epn 4.11.0-9.el9_4, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) python3-ipatests 4.11.0-9.el9_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:2147

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

1.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.