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Missing message authentication in the meta-protocol in...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 13, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 30, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Missing message authentication in the meta-protocol in Tinc VPN version 1.0.34 and earlier allows a man-in-the-middle attack to disable the encryption of VPN packets.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Oct 10, 2018
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 13, 2022
Last updated Jan 30, 2023

Severity

Moderate
5.9
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2018-16758

GHSA ID

GHSA-52p3-pmr5-f54r

Source code

No known source code

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