CVE-2017-6594
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.018 · 78 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (4)
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also known as (3)
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references (12)
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-08/msg00062.htmlcnnvd
- http://www.h5l.org/advisories.html?show=2017-04-13cnnvd
- https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/commit/b1e699103f08d6a0ca46a122193c9da65f6cf837cnnvd
- https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/releases/tag/heimdal-7.3.0cnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-08/msg00062.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.h5l.org/advisories.html?show=2017-04-13enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/commit/b1e699103f08d6a0ca46a122193c9da65f6cf837enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/releases/tag/heimdal-7.3.0enisa_euvd
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