Timbuktu Pro 8.6.5 for Windows, and possibly 8.7 for Mac OS X, does not perform input validation before logging information fields taken…

Description

Timbuktu Pro 8.6.5 for Windows, and possibly 8.7 for Mac OS X, does not perform input validation before logging information fields taken from packets from a remote peer, which allows remote attackers to generate crafted log entries, and possibly avoid detection of attacks, via modified (1) computer name, (2) user name, and (3) IP address fields.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• 29316 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://www.coresecurity.com/?action=item&id=2166 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 3742 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• 28081 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• timbuktu-log-security-bypass(41330) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 20080311 CORE-2008-0204: Timbuktu Pro Remote Path Traversal and Log Injection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 5238 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 08:08 UTC.