CVE-2013-1428

Summary

CVECVE-2013-1428
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-04-26 16:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionStack-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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Tinc-vpn Tinc 1.0.17 All All All
Application Tinc-vpn Tinc 1.0.18 All All All
Application Tinc-vpn Tinc 1.0.19 All All All
Application Tinc-vpn Tinc 1.1 pre3 All All
Application Tinc-vpn Tinc 1.1 pre4 All All
Application Tinc-vpn Tinc 1.1 pre5 All All
Application Tinc-vpn Tinc All All All All
Application Tinc-vpn Tinc All pre6 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: tinc-1.0.21-1.fc19 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
osvdb.org/92653 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2663-1 tinc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: tinc-1.0.21-1.fc18 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Security Advisory SA53108 - tinc "receive_tcppacket()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
tinc CVE-2013-1428 Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: tinc-1.0.21-1.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Security Advisory SA53087 - Debian update for tinc - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
News af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.tinc-vpn.org
[Announcement] Tinc version 1.0.21 and 1.1pre7 released af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.tinc-vpn.org Vendor Advisory
Drop packets forwarded via TCP if they are too big (CVE-2013-1428). · gsliepen/tinc@17a33df · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Version 1.0.21 of tinc – Freecode af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 freecode.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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