DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6594

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6594

    Published: 28 Aug 2017Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-6594

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6594

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: heimdal

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/heimdal?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.1.0+dfsg-12

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High