CVE-2001-0554

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Summary

CVECVE-2001-0554
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2001-08-14 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-120 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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 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 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 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
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 Sgi Irix 6.5 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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-075-1 netkit-telnet-ssl af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
SecurityFocus HOME Mailing List: BugTraq af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 online.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com Broken Link
ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-01:49.telnetd.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.FreeBSD.org Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Xinuos Inc. | Support | Security | Advisories | Document Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.calderasystems.com Broken Link
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-070-1 netkit-telnet af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Home - Conectiva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 distro.conectiva.com.br Broken Link
IBM AIX telnetd Buffer Overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org Broken Link
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Broken Link
MandrakeSoft Update Advisory MDKSA-2001:068 : telnet af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linux-mandrake.com Broken Link
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2001-012.txt.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.netbsd.org Broken Link
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20010801-01-P af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com Broken Link
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Compaq Support - Page Title Here af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.support.compaq.com Broken Link
Neohapsis Archives - HP Security Digests - security bulletins digest - From support_feedbackus-support.external.hp.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Broken Link
CERT Advisory CA-2001-21 Buffer Overflow in telnetd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Multiple Vendor Telnetd Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus HOME Mailing List: BugTraq af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 online.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
SecurityFocus HOME Advisories: Buffer overflow vulnerability in telnet daemon af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 online.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Cisco - Cisco Security Advisory: Cisco CatOS Telnet Buffer Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cisco.com Third Party Advisory
stage.caldera.com/pub/security/openserver/CSSA-2001-SCO.10/CSSA-2001-SCO.10.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 stage.caldera.com Broken Link
redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus HOME Mailing List: BugTraq af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 online.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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