CVE-2017-6594

The transit path validation code in Heimdal before 7.3 might allow attackers to bypass the capath policy protection mechanism by leveraging failure to add the previous hop realm to the transit path of issued tickets.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-08/msg00062.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.h5l.org/advisories.html?show=2017-04-13	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/commit/b1e699103f08d6a0ca46a122193c9da65f6cf837	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/releases/tag/heimdal-7.3.0	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-08/msg00062.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.h5l.org/advisories.html?show=2017-04-13	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/commit/b1e699103f08d6a0ca46a122193c9da65f6cf837	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/releases/tag/heimdal-7.3.0	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:heimdal_project:heimdal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-08-28 19:29

Updated : 2025-04-20 01:37

NVD link : CVE-2017-6594

Mitre link : CVE-2017-6594

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-6594

JSON object : View

Products Affected

opensuse

leap

heimdal_project

heimdal

CWE

CWE-295

Improper Certificate Validation

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