UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7115

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7115

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7115.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7115

Upstream

CVE-2016-7115

Published

2016-08-30T17:59:00Z

Modified

2025-10-24T04:45:53Z

Severity

9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - low

Summary

[none]

Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / mactelnet

Package

Name: mactelnet
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/mactelnet@0.4.0-1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

0.4.0-1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.4.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "mactelnet-client",
            "binary_version": "0.4.0-1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "mactelnet-server",
            "binary_version": "0.4.0-1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7115.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / mactelnet