FreeBSD : tinc -- Buffer overflow (a4eb38ea-cc06-11e8-ada4-408d5cf35399)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 118024

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

tinc-vpn.org reports :

The authentication protocol allows an oracle attack that could potentially be exploited.

If a man-in-the-middle has intercepted the TCP connection it might be able to force plaintext UDP packets between two nodes for up to a PingInterval period.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 118024

File Name: freebsd_pkg_a4eb38eacc0611e8ada4408d5cf35399.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 10/10/2018

Updated: 7/31/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16737

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16758

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tinc-devel, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tinc, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/9/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16737, CVE-2018-16738, CVE-2018-16758

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