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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-16758: tinc Multiple issues

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-16758: tinc Multiple issues

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
10/10/2018
Created
03/19/2019
Added
02/20/2019
Modified
12/04/2019

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.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-tinc

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