CVE-2016-1888

The telnetd service in FreeBSD 9.3, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, and 11.0 allows remote attackers to inject arguments to login and bypass authentication via vectors involving a "sequence of memory allocation failures."

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037399	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:36.telnetd.asc	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:9.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:10.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:11.0:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2017-02-15 15:59

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:01

NVD link : CVE-2016-1888

Mitre link : CVE-2016-1888

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-1888

JSON object : View

Products Affected

freebsd

freebsd

CWE

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

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