CVE-2005-0468
HIGH 7.5EPSS 27.1%
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.
- CVSS v2.0 NVD
- 7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - EPSS
- 27.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 98th percentile
- Published
- 2005-03-28
- Updated
- 2024-08-07
ExploitDB entries (1)
Security advisories
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2005-001-telnet.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-703
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=221&type=vulnerabilities
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-327.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-330.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/341908
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:061
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12919