VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-1888
The telnetd service in FreeBSD 9.3, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, and 11.0 allows remote attackers to inject arguments to login and bypass authentication via vectors involving a "sequence of memory allocation failures."
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.88%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.88%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The telnetd service in FreeBSD 9.3, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, and 11.0 allows remote attackers to inject arguments to login and bypass authentication via vectors involving a "sequence of memory allocation failures."
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.88% probability · 78th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- freebsd/freebsd
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037399Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:36.telnetd.ascVendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037399Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:36.telnetd.ascVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.