CVE-2019-12098

7.4 HIGH
Published: May 15, 2019 Modified: April 15, 2026
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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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00002.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00003.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00026.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.h5l.org/pipermail/heimdal-announce/2019-May/000009.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/commit/2f7f3d9960aa6ea21358bdf3687cee5149aa35cf
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/compare/3e58559...bbafe72
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/releases/tag/heimdal-7.6.0
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GIXEDVVMPD6ZAJSMI2EZ7FNEIVNWE5PD/
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SLXXIF4LOQEAEDAF4UGP2AO6WDNTDFUB/
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/1
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4455
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00002.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00003.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00026.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.h5l.org/pipermail/heimdal-announce/2019-May/000009.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/commit/2f7f3d9960aa6ea21358bdf3687cee5149aa35cf
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/compare/3e58559...bbafe72
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/releases/tag/heimdal-7.6.0
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GIXEDVVMPD6ZAJSMI2EZ7FNEIVNWE5PD/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SLXXIF4LOQEAEDAF4UGP2AO6WDNTDFUB/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4455
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.4 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
4.6%
89th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-295

Affected Vendors

debian opensuse fedoraproject heimdal_project

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