CVE-2018-16758 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Tinc VPN versions 1.0.34 and earlier, specifically impacting Debian-based distributions and StarWind Virtual SAN. The flaw, a missing message authentication in the meta-protocol (CWE-306), allows a man-in-the-middle attacker to disable VPN packet encryption. This could lead to a high impact on confidentiality, though integrity and availability are not affected. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.0.34CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:tinc-vpn:tinc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
v8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:starwindsoftware:starwind_virtual_san:v8:build12533:*:*:*:vsphere:*:* | ||
v8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:starwindsoftware:starwind_virtual_san:v8:build12658:*:*:*:vsphere:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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