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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-12098: heimdal man-in-the-middle attack in function krb5_init_creds_step in lib/krb5/init_creds_pw.c

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-12098: heimdal man-in-the-middle attack in function krb5_init_creds_step in lib/krb5/init_creds_pw.c

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
05/15/2019
Created
12/18/2019
Added
11/08/2019
Modified
12/04/2019

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.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-heimdal

References

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