CVE-2017-6594

7.5 HIGH

Published: August 28, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

Description

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-08/msg00062.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.h5l.org/advisories.html?show=2017-04-13

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/commit/b1e699103f08d6a0ca46a122193c9da65f6cf837

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/releases/tag/heimdal-7.3.0

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-08/msg00062.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://www.h5l.org/advisories.html?show=2017-04-13

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/commit/b1e699103f08d6a0ca46a122193c9da65f6cf837

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/releases/tag/heimdal-7.3.0

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

7.5 / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

1.8%

75th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-295

Affected Vendors

opensuse heimdal_project

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