MGASA-2017-0485

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    MGASA-2017-0485

    Published: 31 Dec 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-17439

    Summary: Updated heimdal packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Michael Eder and Thomas Kittel discovered that Heimdal did not correctly handle ASN.1 data. This would allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to cause a denial of service (crash of the KDC daemon) by sending maliciously crafted packets (CVE-2017-17439).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0485.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22142, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4055

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: heimdal

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/heimdal?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.3.0-1.2.mga6

    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