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Debian: DLA-1539-1 Moderate Security Flaw in Tinc and Encryption Issue

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Calendar Grey October 8, 2018
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Package : tinc Version : 1.0.24-2+deb8u1 CVE ID : CVE-2018-16737 CVE-2018-16758 Several vulnerabilit
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in tinc, a Virtual Private Network (VPN) daemon
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Summary

Michael Yonli discovered a flaw in the implementation of the
authentication protocol that could allow a remote attacker to
establish an authenticated, one-way connection with another node.

CVE-2018-16758

Michael Yonli discovered that a man-in-the-middle that has
intercepted a TCP connection might be able to disable encryption of
UDP packets sent by a node.

For Debian 8 "Jessie", these problems have been fixed in version
1.0.24-2+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your tinc packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

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Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
Guus Sliepen


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<pre><font face="Courier">Package: tinc
Version: 1.0.24-2+deb8u1
CVE ID: CVE-2018-16737 CVE-2018-16758

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