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title: "CVE-2014-7828\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-7828

Publication date 19 November 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**High**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

FreeIPA 4.0.x before 4.0.5 and 4.1.x before 4.1.1, when 2FA is enabled,
allows remote attackers to bypass the password requirement of the
two-factor authentication leveraging an enabled OTP token, which triggers
an anonymous bind.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7828?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| freeipa | 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Not affected |
| 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-7828?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [ebarretto](https://launchpad.net/~ebarretto)

This is a FreeIPA 4.0.x issue, so marking Trusty as not affected
Although Trusty also has the code, it differs from 4.0.x version

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| freeipa | * Upstream:   <https://www.redhat.com/archives/freeipa-devel/2014-November/msg00068.html> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-7828)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-7828)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-7828)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7828)

### Other references

* <https://fedorahosted.org/freeipa/ticket/4690>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-7828>