Upstream information

CVE-2018-16758 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.3
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5.9
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1111233 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • tinc >= 1.0.36-1.9
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-11463

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Oct 9 13:45:12 2018
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 19:17:56 2025