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Unscored Public exploit CVE-2013-1428 EUVD-2013-1466GHSA-wp6j-qh23-g8mc

Stack-based buffer overflow in the receive_tcppacket function in net_packet.c in tinc before 1.0.21 and 1.1 before 1.1pre7 allows remote au…

Published Apr 26, 2013 · Updated Aug 6, 2024 · Assigned by debian

Package: tinc Ecosystem: Debian

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the receive_tcppacket function in net_packet.c in tinc before 1.0.21 and 1.1 before 1.1pre7 allows remote authenticated peers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a large TCP packet.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 tinc 1.0.19-3 —
Debian 13 tinc 1.0.19-3 —
Debian 12 tinc 1.0.19-3 —
Debian 6.0 tinc 1.0.13-1+squeeze1 DSA-2663-1

Public exploits

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Metasploit 1 module

Exploit-DB 1

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Advisories 1

References