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CVE-2005-0468

Published: May 02, 2005 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0468
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Heap-based buffer overflow in the env_opt_add function in telnet.c for various BSD-based Telnet clients allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via responses that contain a large number of characters that require escaping, which consumers more memory than allocated.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
TelnetNcsac (including)c (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHattelnet-1:0.17-26.EL3.2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3RedHatkrb5-0:1.2.7-42*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHattelnet-1:0.17-31.EL4.2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4RedHatkrb5-0:1.3.4-12*
Krb4Ubuntudapper*
Krb4Ubuntuedgy*
Krb5Ubuntudapper*
Krb5Ubuntudevel*
Krb5Ubuntuedgy*
Krb5Ubuntufeisty*

References

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