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High USN-5675-1 4 CVEs

heimdal vulnerabilities

Published Oct 13, 2022 · Updated Jun 29, 2026

Summary

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)

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS heimdal 7.5.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS heimdal 7.7.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu · Pro 14.04 LTS Pro:14.04:LTS heimdal 1.6~git20131207+dfsg-1ubuntu1.2+esm1
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS heimdal 1.7~git20150920+dfsg-4ubuntu1.16.04.1+esm1

Vulnerabilities 4

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-16860
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-12098
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3671
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-3116