CVE-2005-0468
Published May 2, 2005
Last updated 7 years ago
Overview
- Description
- 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.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.5
- Impact score
- 6.4
- Exploitability score
- 10
- Vector string
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-Other
Vendor comments
- Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
Configurations
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"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:ncsa:telnet:c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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"matchCriteriaId": "260BF25B-E86C-472B-8D4C-190F7E06FEF7"
}
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"operator": "OR"
}
]
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]