USN-5675-1

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    USN-5675-1

    Published: 13 Oct 2022Last Modified: 29 Jun 2026

    Summary: heimdal vulnerabilities

    Details: Isaac Boukris and Andrew Bartlett discovered that Heimdal's KDC was not properly performing checksum algorithm verifications in the S4U2Self extension module. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack and request S4U2Self tickets for any user known by the application. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-16860) It was discovered that Heimdal was not properly handling the verification of key exchanges when an anonymous PKINIT was being used. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a machine-in-the-middle attack and expose sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 ESM, Ubuntu 16.04 ESM and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-12098) Joseph Sutton discovered that Heimdal was not properly handling memory management operations when dealing with TGS-REQ tickets that were missing information. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-3671) Michał Kępień discovered that Heimdal was not properly handling logical conditions that related to memory management operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2022-3116)

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: heimdal

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/heimdal?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.6~git20131207+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2+esm1

    Affected versions

    1.6~git20120403+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.1
    1.6~git20120403+dfsg1-3ubuntu0.2

    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