CVE-2019-12098
High
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. This issue is in krb5_init_creds_step in lib/krb5/init_creds_pw.c.
Exploit probability
2.0%
Published
May 15, 2019
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
26 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2019-12098
View original source
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00026.html
- http://www.h5l.org/pipermail/heimdal-announce/2019-May/000009.html
- https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/commit/2f7f3d9960aa6ea21358bdf3687cee5149aa35cf
- https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/compare/3e58559...bbafe72
- https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/releases/tag/heimdal-7.6.0
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GIXEDVVMPD6ZAJSMI2EZ7FNEIVNWE5PD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SLXXIF4LOQEAEDAF4UGP2AO6WDNTDFUB/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/1
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4455