Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU33041

Improper Authentication - CVE-2018-16738

Published: October 10, 2018 / Updated: August 3, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU33041

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16738

CWE-ID: CWE-287

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

tinc 1.0.30 through 1.0.34 has a broken authentication protocol, although there is a partial mitigation. This is fixed in 1.1.

tinc (Alpine package)
tinc
Fedora

Install update from vendor's website.

tinc (Alpine package) - update to 1.0.35-r0
tinc - addressed in versions 1.0.35-1.el7, 1.0.35-1.fc28, 1.0.35-1.fc29