CVE-2017-7562

Summary

CVECVE-2017-7562
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-07-26 15:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:31:00 UTC
DescriptionAn authentication bypass flaw was found in the way krb5's certauth interface before 1.16.1 handled the validation of client certificates. A remote attacker able to communicate with the KDC could potentially use this flaw to impersonate arbitrary principals under rare and erroneous circumstances.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287 | CWE-295

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mit Kerberos 5 All All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Commit range not found · Pull Request #694 · krb5/krb5 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
1485510 – (CVE-2017-7562) CVE-2017-7562 krb5: Authentication bypass by improper validation of certificate EKU and SAN MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
MIT krb5 CVE-2017-7562 Authentication Bypass Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1485510 – (CVE-2017-7562) CVE-2017-7562 krb5: Authentication bypass by improper validation of certificate EKU and SAN CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Commit range not found · Pull Request #694 · krb5/krb5 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
Make certauth eku module restrictive-only by greghudson · Pull Request #694 · krb5/krb5 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Commit range not found · Pull Request #694 · krb5/krb5 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
CVE-2017-7562 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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