Description
In the client side of Heimdal before 7.6.0, failure to verify anonymous PKINIT PA-PKINIT-KX key exchange permits a man-in-the-middle attack. This issue is in krb5_init_creds_step in lib/krb5/init_creds_pw.c.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Attack Vector
- network
- Complexity
- high
- Privileges
- none
- User Action
- none
- Scope
- unchanged
- Confidentiality
- high
- Integrity
- high
- Availability
- none
- Weaknesses
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- HEIMDAL_PROJECT
- Published
- 5/15/2019
- Last Modified
- 11/21/2024
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
heimdal_project : heimdalfedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedoraopensuse : backports_sleopensuse : backports_sleopensuse : leapopensuse : leapopensuse : leapdebian : debian_linux
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