CVE-2016-7115

Publication date 30 August 2016

Last updated 18 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

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.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that mactelnet mishandled certain input. If a victim were tricked into connecting to a malicious telnet server, a remote, unauthenticated attacker could execute arbitrary code.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
mactelnet	25.10 questing	Not affected
	25.04 plucky	Not affected
	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Vulnerable
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 0.4.0-1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 0.3.4-1+deb7u1build0.12.04.1

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
mactelnet	Upstream: b69d117

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8 · Critical
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H