Bug 1637481 (CVE-2018-16737, CVE-2018-16738, CVE-2018-16758) - CVE-2018-16737 CVE-2018-16738 CVE-2018-16758 tinc: Multiple issues fixed in the 1.0.35 release
Summary: CVE-2018-16737 CVE-2018-16738 CVE-2018-16758 tinc: Multiple issues fixed in t...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2018-16737, CVE-2018-16738, CVE-2018-16758
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1637482 1637483
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Reported: 2018-10-09 10:48 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2019-09-29 15:00 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: tinc 1.0.35
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Last Closed: 2019-01-22 09:45:30 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2018-10-09 10:48:56 UTC
CVE-2018-16758: Michael Yonli discovered that tinc 1.0.34 and earlier allow a man-in-the-middle attack that, even if the MITM cannot decrypt the traffic sent between the two endpoints, when the MITM can correctly predict when an ephemeral key exchange message is sent in a TCP connection between two nodes, allows the MITM to force one node to send UDP packets in plaintext. The tinc 1.1pre versions are not affected by this.

CVE-2018-16738: Michael Yonli discovered that tinc versions 1.0.30 to 1.0.34 allow an oracle attack, similar to CVE-2018-16737, but due to the mitigations put in place for the Sweet32 attack in tinc 1.0.30, it now requires a timing attack that has only a limited time to complete. Tinc 1.1pre16 and earlier are also affected if there are nodes on the same VPN that still use the legacy protocol from tinc version 1.0.x.

CVE-2018-16737: Michael Yonli discovered that tinc 1.0.29 and earlier allow an oracle attack that could allow a remote attacker to establish one-way communication with a tinc node, allowing it to send fake control messages and inject packets into the VPN. The attack takes only a few seconds to complete. Tinc 1.1pre14 and earlier allow the same attack if they are configured to allow connections from nodes using the legacy 1.0.x protocol.

References:

http://www.tinc-vpn.org/security/

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2018-10-09 10:49:17 UTC
Created tinc tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1637483]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1637482]


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