Medium severity · published Oct 10, 2018
CVE-2018-16758
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
5.9
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.9% · higher than 61% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
SV
Starwind Virtual San · Starwindsoftware
v8; v8 · source: NVD
TI
Tinc · Tinc-vpn
through 1.0.34 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16758
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-16758
Vendor Advisory
http://tinc-vpn.org/security/
www.tinc-vpn.org
http://www.tinc-vpn.org/git/browse?p=tinc%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e97943b7cc9c851ae36f5a41e2b6102faa74193f
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4312
Third Party Advisory
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/security/sw-20190227-0003/
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