CVE-2018-16758
5.9
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.11%
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.
How to fix CVE-2018-16758
To remediate CVE-2018-16758, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/tinc—upgrade to 1.0.35-r0 or later
- Debian/tinc—upgrade to 1.0.35-1 or later
Is CVE-2018-16758 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.0.35-r0
- from 0, < 1.0.35-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |