CVE-2016-7115 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Buffer overflow in the handle_packet function in mactelnet.c in the client in MAC-Telnet 0.4.3 and earlier allows remote TELNET servers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in an MT_CPTYPE_PASSSALT control packet.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01799.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Mac-telnet Project	Mac-telnet

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mac-telnet_project:mac-telnet:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-639-1	mactelnet security update
EUVD	EUVD-2016-7994	Buffer overflow in the handle_packet function in mactelnet.c in the client in MAC-Telnet 0.4.3 and earlier allows remote TELNET servers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in an MT_CPTYPE_PASSSALT control packet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92699
https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/commit/b69d11727d4f0f8cf719c79e3fb700f55ca03e9a
https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/pull/20

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-08-30T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:50:47.466Z

Reserved: 2016-08-30T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-7115

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-08-30T17:59:04.550

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-7115

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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