Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-1888 (CCN-119539)

Assigned:2016-12-06
Published:2016-12-06
Updated:2017-02-17
Summary: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 v3 Severity:7.5 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
6.5 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): None
5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
4.6 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Low
Availibility (A): None
CVSS v2 Severity:5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
5.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Partial
Availibility (A): None
Vulnerability Type:CWE-287
Vulnerability Consequences:Bypass Security
References:Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-1888

Source: CCN
Type: SECTRACK ID: 1037399
FreeBSD telnetd Lets Remote Users Bypass Security Restrictions on the Target System

Source: SECTRACK
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
1037399

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
freebsd-cve20161888-sec-bypass(119539)

Source: CCN
Type: FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-16:36.telnetd
Possible login(1) argument injection in telnetd(8)

Source: FREEBSD
Type: Vendor Advisory
FreeBSD-SA-16:36

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:10.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:10.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:10.2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:10.3:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    freebsd freebsd 9.3
    freebsd freebsd 10.1
    freebsd freebsd 10.2
    freebsd freebsd 10.3
    freebsd freebsd 11.0
    freebsd freebsd 9.3
    freebsd freebsd 10.1
    freebsd freebsd 10.2 -
    freebsd freebsd 10.3 -
    freebsd freebsd 11.0