CVE-2013-1428

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    CVE-2013-1428

    Published: 26 Apr 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Stack-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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/53087, http://secunia.com/advisories/53108, http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2663, http://www.tinc-vpn.org/pipermail/tinc/2013-April/003240.html, https://github.com/gsliepen/tinc/commit/17a33dfd95b1a29e90db76414eb9622df9632320, http://freecode.com/projects/tinc/releases/354122, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105531.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105559.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106167.html, http://osvdb.org/92653, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59369, http://www.tinc-vpn.org/news/

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High