Improper Certificate Validation Affecting heimdal package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-HEIMDAL-341152
  • published28 Aug 2017
  • disclosed28 Aug 2017

Introduced: 28 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-6594  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 heimdal.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream heimdal package and not the heimdal package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Scores

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