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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2019-12098

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.

HIGH 7.4EPSS 1.97%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.97%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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.

CVSS 3.1
7.4 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
1.97% probability · 79th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-295
Affected
heimdal project/heimdal · fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/backports sle · opensuse/leap · debian/debian linux
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.