CVE-2005-0468
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2005-0468 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2005-05-02 04:00:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#341908 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.kb.cert.org | US Government Resource |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050405-01-P | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | patches.sgi.com | Patch |
| Secunia - Advisories - MIT Kerberos Telnet Client Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-731-1 krb4 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.de | |
| Advisories - Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-703-1 krb5 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| Multiple Vendor Telnet Client Env_opt_add Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Home - Conectiva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | distro.conectiva.com.br | |
| #101671: Buffer Overflow in telnet(1) Client Software Also Affects Kerberized Telnet (formerly Document ID: 57761) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sunsolve.sun.com | |
| #101665: Buffer Overflow in telnet(1) Client Software (formerly Document ID: 57755) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sunsolve.sun.com | |
| ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:01.telnet.asc | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | ftp.freebsd.org | Vendor Advisory |
| #101665: Buffer Overflow in telnet(1) Client Software (formerly Document ID: 57755) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sunsolve.sun.com | |
| #101671: Buffer Overflow in telnet(1) Client Software Also Affects Kerberized Telnet (formerly Document ID: 57761) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sunsolve.sun.com | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| Accenture | Let there be change | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.idefense.com | Vendor Advisory |
| USN-224-1: Kerberos vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntulinux.org | |
| Secunia - Advisories - Ubuntu update for kerberos | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2005-001-telnet.txt | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | web.mit.edu | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2007-03-14 | Mark J Cox | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch. |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.