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CVE-2012-4546· NVD / CVE Program· CNA redhat

The default configuration for IPA servers in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, when revoking a certificate from an Identity Management replica, do

The default configuration for IPA servers in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, when revoking a certificate from an Identity Management replica, does not properly update another Identity Management replica, which causes inconsistent Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) to be used and might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a revoked certificate.

MediumCVSS 4.3 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
Apr 2, 2013
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.2% · 67th percentile
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CVSS
17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.2%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
redhatenterprise linux

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • redhat enterprise linux6.0

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientipabefore 0:3.0.0-25.el60:3.0.0-25.el6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientipa-admintoolsbefore 0:3.0.0-25.el60:3.0.0-25.el6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientipa-clientbefore 0:3.0.0-25.el60:3.0.0-25.el6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientipa-debuginfobefore 0:3.0.0-25.el60:3.0.0-25.el6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientipa-pythonbefore 0:3.0.0-25.el60:3.0.0-25.el6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientipa-serverbefore 0:3.0.0-25.el60:3.0.0-25.el6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientipa-server-selinuxbefore 0:3.0.0-25.el60:3.0.0-25.el6
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientipa-server-trust-adbefore 0:3.0.0-25.el60:3.0.0-25.el6

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
red hat:ipa0:3.0.0-25.el6 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:ipa-admintools0:3.0.0-25.el6 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:ipa-client0:3.0.0-25.el6 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:ipa-debuginfo0:3.0.0-25.el6 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:ipa-python0:3.0.0-25.el6 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:ipa-server0:3.0.0-25.el6 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:ipa-server-selinux0:3.0.0-25.el6 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:ipa-server-trust-ad0:3.0.0-25.el6 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::clientPackage registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    none
    Integrity
    P · data or configuration can be modified
    Availability
    none
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    None
    Integrity impact
    P
    Availability impact
    None

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-16 · Configuration

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

    nvd-primary

    Attack context

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    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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