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Debian: CVE-2019-12098: heimdal -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2019-12098: heimdal -- security update

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
05/15/2019
Created
06/05/2019
Added
06/04/2019
Modified
02/10/2020

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)

  • debian-upgrade-heimdal

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