[Secure-testing-team] Bug#836320: mactelnet: CVE-2016-7115

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: mactelnet
Version: 0.4.0-1
Severity: grave
Tags: security upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for mactelnet.

CVE-2016-7115[0]:
| 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.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7115

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore