CVE-2016-7115 — Vulnetix

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CVE-2016-7115 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 1.80% · 82.7th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

1.80%

82.7th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	mactelnet	0, 0.4.0-1, 0.4.1-2
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	mactelnet	0, 0.4.0-1

Timeline

CVE Published
Oct 14, 2019 PoC Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
May 19, 2022 EPSS Score
Jul 10, 2022 EPSS Score
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Dec 14, 2022 EPSS Score
Feb 4, 2023 EPSS Score
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Mar 28, 2023 EPSS Score
May 19, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7115 third-party-advisory
https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/commit/b69d11727d4f0f8cf719c79e3fb700f55ca03e9a third-party-advisory
https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/pull/20 third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7115 third-party-advisory

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