Description

In Heimdal through 7.4, remote unauthenticated attackers are able to crash the KDC by sending a crafted UDP packet containing empty data fields for client name or realm. The parser would unconditionally dereference NULL pointers in that case, leading to a segmentation fault. This is related to the _kdc_as_rep function in kdc/kerberos5.c and the der_length_visible_string function in lib/asn1/der_length.c.

INFO

Published Date :

Dec. 6, 2017, 3:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:17 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2017-17439 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-17439 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Heimdal_project heimdal

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Born at : July 17, 2018, 7:48 p.m. This repo has been linked 494 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-17439 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-17439 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://h5l.org/advisories.html?show=2017-12-08
    Added Reference http://www.h5l.org/pipermail/heimdal-announce/2017-December/000008.html
    Added Reference http://www.h5l.org/pipermail/heimdal-discuss/2017-August/000259.html
    Added Reference https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=878144
    Added Reference https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/commit/1a6a6e462dc2ac6111f9e02c6852ddec4849b887
    Added Reference https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/issues/353
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4055
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 30, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.h5l.org/pipermail/heimdal-announce/2017-December/000008.html [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://h5l.org/advisories.html?show=2017-12-08 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 22, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/issues/353 No Types Assigned https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/issues/353 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.h5l.org/pipermail/heimdal-discuss/2017-August/000259.html No Types Assigned http://www.h5l.org/pipermail/heimdal-discuss/2017-August/000259.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=878144 No Types Assigned https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=878144 Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4055 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4055 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/commit/1a6a6e462dc2ac6111f9e02c6852ddec4849b887 No Types Assigned https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/commit/1a6a6e462dc2ac6111f9e02c6852ddec4849b887 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-476
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:heimdal_project:heimdal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 7.4.0
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 09, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4055 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 07, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Description In Heimdal 7.1.0, remote unauthenticated attackers are able to crash the KDC by sending a crafted UDP packet containing empty data fields for client name or realm. The parser would unconditionally dereference NULL pointers in that case, leading to a segmentation fault. This is related to the _kdc_as_rep function in kdc/kerberos5.c and the der_length_visible_string function in lib/asn1/der_length.c. In Heimdal through 7.4, remote unauthenticated attackers are able to crash the KDC by sending a crafted UDP packet containing empty data fields for client name or realm. The parser would unconditionally dereference NULL pointers in that case, leading to a segmentation fault. This is related to the _kdc_as_rep function in kdc/kerberos5.c and the der_length_visible_string function in lib/asn1/der_length.c.
    Added Reference http://www.h5l.org/pipermail/heimdal-discuss/2017-August/000259.html [No Types Assigned]
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CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

34.90 }} -31.13%

score

0.97130

percentile

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