What is CVE-2013-1428?

CVE-2013-1428 is a vulnerability in Tinc-vpn Tinc, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2013-04-26.

Is CVE-2013-1428 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Tinc-vpn Tinc

CVE-2013-1428

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 larg…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.655 (98.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Tinc-vpn Tinc — versions 1.0.17, 1.0.18, 1.0.19
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

rapid7/metasploit-framework

References

security@debian.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
FEDORA-2013-7120 (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
[tinc] 20130422 [Announcement] Tinc version 1.0.21 and 1.1pre7 released (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
FEDORA-2013-7085 (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
security@debian.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
92653 (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
53087 (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
53108 (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
DSA-2663 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
59369 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-1428?: CVE-2013-1428 is a vulnerability in Tinc-vpn Tinc, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2013-04-26.
Is CVE-2013-1428 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.