CVE-2019-12098
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.4 High
- Published
- May 15, 2019
- Updated
- Apr 15, 2026
- Reserved
- May 14, 2019
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.4 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/releases/tag/heimdal-7.6.0
- http://www.h5l.org/pipermail/heimdal-announce/2019-May/000009.html
- https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/commit/2f7f3d9960aa6ea21358bdf3687cee5149aa35cf
- https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/compare/3e58559...bbafe72
- 20190603 [SECURITY] [DSA 4455-1] heimdal security updatemailing-list
- DSA-4455vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1682vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1688vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2019:1888vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-f3046b6bfbvendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-2fa7d6405bvendor-advisory
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