CVE-2019-12098

Summary

CVECVE-2019-12098
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-05-15 23:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:03:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 30 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Application Heimdal Project Heimdal All All All All
Application Heimdal Project Heimdal All All All All
Application Opensuse Backports Sle 15.0 - All All
Application Opensuse Backports Sle 15.0 sp1 All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2019-12098: krb5: always confirm PA-PKINIT-KX for anon PKINIT · heimdal/heimdal@2f7f3d9 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Release Heimdal 7.6.0 - Security Release · heimdal/heimdal · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: heimdal-7.7.0-2.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4455-1 heimdal DEBIAN www.debian.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1682-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Comparing 3e58559...bbafe72 · heimdal/heimdal · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
[Heimdal-announce] Heimdal 7.6 security release announcement CONFIRM www.h5l.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: heimdal-7.7.0-2.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Bugtraq: [SECURITY] [DSA 4455-1] heimdal security update BUGTRAQ seclists.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: heimdal-7.7.0-2.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1888-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1688-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: heimdal-7.7.0-2.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 198986 Ubuntu Security Notification for Heimdal Vulnerabilities (USN-5675-1)
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