Vulnerability in Heimdal Project
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.
Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.018 (77.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 77.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Heimdal Project
- openSUSE Leap — versions 42.2, 42.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- github.com/heimdal/heimdal/releases/tag/heimdal-7.3.0 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-08/msg00062.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.h5l.org/advisories.html (Vendor Advisory)
- github.com/heimdal/heimdal/commit/b1e699103f08d6a0ca46a122193c9da65f6cf837 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-6594?
- CVE-2017-6594 is a high-severity vulnerability in Heimdal Project, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-08-28.
- How severe is CVE-2017-6594?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.