CVE-2016-1888

Published: Feb 15, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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."

Affected (5)

Products: Freebsd: Freebsd

Freebsd

1 product

Freebsd

Configuration A

5 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Freebsd Freebsd	Version 10.1
Freebsd Freebsd	Version 10.2
Freebsd Freebsd	Version 10.3
Freebsd Freebsd	Version 11.0
Freebsd Freebsd	Version 9.3

Related CWEs

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

References (4)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037399

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:36.telnetd.asc

Source: cve@mitre.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037399

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-16:36.telnetd.asc

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

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