CVE-2018-16738

Description

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.

Category

3.7
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.39%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory tinc-vpn.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.tinc-vpn.org/git/browse?p=tinc%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d3297fbd3b8c8c8a4661f5bbf89aca5cacba8b5a
http://tinc-vpn.org/security/ vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4312 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20190227-0002/ third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-16738?
CVE-2018-16738 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-16738?
To fix CVE-2018-16738, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-16738 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2018-16738 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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