CVE-2017-11103

Summary

CVECVE-2017-11103
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-07-13 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionHeimdal before 7.4 allows remote attackers to impersonate services with Orpheus' Lyre attacks because it obtains service-principal names in a way that violates the Kerberos 5 protocol specification. In _krb5_extract_ticket() the KDC-REP service name must be obtained from the encrypted version stored in 'enc_part' instead of the unencrypted version stored in 'ticket'. Use of the unencrypted version provides an opportunity for successful server impersonation and other attacks. NOTE: this CVE is only for Heimdal and other products that embed Heimdal code; it does not apply to other instances in which this part of the Kerberos 5 protocol specification is violated.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8.1 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-345 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary8.1HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd - All All All
Application Heimdal Project Heimdal All All All All
Application Samba Samba All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3912-1 heimdal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-17:05.heimdal.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.freebsd.org Third Party Advisory
Apple macOS/OS X Multiple Flaws Let Remote and Local Users Bypass Security and Deny Service, Local Users Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information, and Applications Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
FreeBSD Heimdal Programming Error Lets Remote Users Bypass Kerberos Authentication in Certain Cases - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13.1, Security Update 2017-001 Sierra, and Security Update 2017-004 El Capitan - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
Release Heimdal 7.4 · heimdal/heimdal · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Release Notes
Heimdal security advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.h5l.org Broken Link
Orpheus' Lyre af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.orpheus-lyre.info Third Party Advisory
About the security content of macOS High Sierra 10.13 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
About the security content of iOS 11 - Apple Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com Third Party Advisory
Heimdal CVE-2017-11103 Man in the Middle Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Samba - Security Announcement Archive af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.samba.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500243 Alpine Linux Security Update for heimdal
  • 503991 Alpine Linux Security Update for heimdal
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