CVE-2016-7115

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 9.8 Critical

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2016-08-30

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Mac-telnet (Mac-telnet Project)

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92699
• https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/commit/b69d11727d4f0f8cf719c79e3fb700f55ca03e9a
• https://github.com/haakonnessjoen/MAC-Telnet/pull/20