CVE-2017-6594

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.25%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory h5l.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/releases/tag/heimdal-7.3.0 patch third party advisory issue tracking
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-08/msg00062.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.h5l.org/advisories.html?show=2017-04-13 vendor advisory
https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/commit/b1e699103f08d6a0ca46a122193c9da65f6cf837 patch third party advisory issue tracking

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-6594?
CVE-2017-6594 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-6594?
To fix CVE-2017-6594, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-6594 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2017-6594 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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