CVE-2001-0554

Summary

CVECVE-2001-0554
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2001-08-14 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2022-01-21 14:48:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in BSD-based telnetd telnet daemon on various operating systems allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a set of options including AYT (Are You There), which is not properly handled by the telrcv function.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-120

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 2.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.0.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.0.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.6 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.6.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.7 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.7.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2 current All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.3 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.4 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.6 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.7 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.8 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.0 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.3 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.4 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.5 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.5.1 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.5.1 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.0 alpha All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.0 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.0.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.0.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.6 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.6.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.7 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.7.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2 current All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.3 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.4 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.6 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.7 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.8 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.0 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.3 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.4 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.5 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.5.1 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.5.1 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.0 alpha All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.0 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.0.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.0.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.6 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.6.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.7 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.1.7.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2 current All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.3 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.4 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.6 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.7 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 2.2.8 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.0 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.3 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.4 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.5 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.5 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.5.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.5.1 release All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.5.1 stable All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.0 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.0 alpha All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.0 releng All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.3 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 3.5.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.1.1 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.2 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd 4.3 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.3 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.3.1 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.3.2 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.3.3 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 5.1 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.3 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.3.1 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.3.2 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 4.3.3 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 5.1 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 1.0 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 1.0 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.1 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.1.1 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.2 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.2.1 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.2.2 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.1 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.1.1 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.2 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.2.1 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.2.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.0 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.2.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.3 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.3.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.3.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.3.3 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.4 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.4.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.4.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.4.3 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.0 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.2.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.3 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.3.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.3.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.3.3 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.4 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.4.1 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.4.2 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.4.3 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5 All All All
Operating System Netbsd Netbsd 1.5.1 All All All
Application Netkit Linux Netkit 0.10 All All All
Application Netkit Linux Netkit 0.11 All All All
Application Netkit Linux Netkit 0.12 All All All
Application Netkit Linux Netkit 0.10 All All All
Application Netkit Linux Netkit 0.11 All All All
Application Netkit Linux Netkit 0.12 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.0 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.1 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.2 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.3 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.4 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.5 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.6 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.7 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.8 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.0 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.1 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.2 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.3 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.4 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.5 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.6 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.7 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 2.8 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 6.5 All All All
Operating System Sun Solaris 2.6 All All All
Operating System Sun Solaris 2.6 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.0 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.1 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.2 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.3 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.4 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.5 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.5.1 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.7 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.8 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.0 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.1 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.2 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.3 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.4 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.5 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.5.1 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.7 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.8 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
NetBSD-SA2001-012 NETBSD ftp.netbsd.org
Cisco - Cisco Security Advisory: Cisco CatOS Telnet Buffer Vulnerability CISCO www.cisco.com
Multiple Vendor Telnetd Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Neohapsis Archives - HP Security Digests - security bulletins digest - From support_feedbackus-support.external.hp.com HP archives.neohapsis.com
Home - Conectiva CONECTIVA distro.conectiva.com.br
MandrakeSoft Update Advisory MDKSA-2001:068 : telnet MANDRAKE www.linux-mandrake.com
Xinuos Inc. | Support | Security | Advisories | Document Not Found CALDERA www.calderasystems.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
CSSA-2001-SCO.10 CALDERA stage.caldera.com
Compaq Support - Page Title Here COMPAQ ftp.support.compaq.com
SecurityFocus HOME Mailing List: BugTraq BUGTRAQ online.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus HOME Mailing List: BugTraq BUGTRAQ online.securityfocus.com
20010801-01-P SGI patches.sgi.com
redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
CERT Advisory CA-2001-21 Buffer Overflow in telnetd CERT www.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
404 Not Found OSVDB www.osvdb.org
IBM AIX telnetd Buffer Overflow CIAC www.ciac.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-070-1 netkit-telnet DEBIAN www.debian.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-075-1 netkit-telnet-ssl DEBIAN www.debian.org
SecurityFocus HOME Advisories: Buffer overflow vulnerability in telnet daemon IBM online.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus HOME Mailing List: BugTraq BUGTRAQ online.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
FreeBSD-SA-01:49 FREEBSD ftp.FreeBSD.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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