7.4
HIGH
CVE-2019-12098
Heimdal PKINIT Man-in-the-Middle Attack
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

May 15, 2019, 11:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 3:03 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.2

Exploitability Score :

2.2
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2019-12098 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 Opensuse leap
2 Opensuse backports_sle
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Heimdal_project heimdal

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2019-12098 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 [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GIXEDVVMPD6ZAJSMI2EZ7FNEIVNWE5PD/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SLXXIF4LOQEAEDAF4UGP2AO6WDNTDFUB/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GIXEDVVMPD6ZAJSMI2EZ7FNEIVNWE5PD/
    Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SLXXIF4LOQEAEDAF4UGP2AO6WDNTDFUB/
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 22, 2022

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00002.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00002.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00003.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00003.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00026.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00026.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GIXEDVVMPD6ZAJSMI2EZ7FNEIVNWE5PD/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GIXEDVVMPD6ZAJSMI2EZ7FNEIVNWE5PD/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SLXXIF4LOQEAEDAF4UGP2AO6WDNTDFUB/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SLXXIF4LOQEAEDAF4UGP2AO6WDNTDFUB/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/1 No Types Assigned https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/1 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4455 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4455 Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:backports_sle:15.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CWE Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 21, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CWE CWE-320 NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 05, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/SLXXIF4LOQEAEDAF4UGP2AO6WDNTDFUB/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 04, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/GIXEDVVMPD6ZAJSMI2EZ7FNEIVNWE5PD/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 14, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00026.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00003.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00002.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 04, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4455 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jun. 04, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/1 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 17, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://www.h5l.org/pipermail/heimdal-announce/2019-May/000009.html No Types Assigned http://www.h5l.org/pipermail/heimdal-announce/2019-May/000009.html Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/commit/2f7f3d9960aa6ea21358bdf3687cee5149aa35cf No Types Assigned https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/commit/2f7f3d9960aa6ea21358bdf3687cee5149aa35cf Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/releases/tag/heimdal-7.6.0 No Types Assigned https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/releases/tag/heimdal-7.6.0 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/compare/3e58559...bbafe72 No Types Assigned https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/compare/3e58559...bbafe72 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-320
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:heimdal_project:heimdal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 7.6.0
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2019-12098 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2019-12098 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.54 }} 0.15%

score

0.77835

percentile

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