CVE-2016-7115 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2016-08-30

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 4.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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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.

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 0.04567.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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

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Subscriptions

Mac-telnet Project Mac-telnet

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2016-08-30T17:00:00.000Z

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

Reserved: 2016-08-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-7115

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-06-17T00:52:36.997

Link: CVE-2016-7115

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-119

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