CVE-2005-0488

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-0488
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-06-14 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionCertain BSD-based Telnet clients, including those used on Solaris and SuSE Linux, allow remote malicious Telnet servers to read sensitive environment variables via the NEW-ENVIRON option with a SEND ENV_USERVAR command.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Telnet Client 5.1.2600.2180 All All All
Application Mit Kerberos 5 1.3.4 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
APPLE-SA-2006-08-01 Security Update 2006-004 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
VU#800829 - Telnet Client Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Multiple Vendor Telnet Client Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Apple Mac OS X Multiple Security Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.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
#101665: Buffer Overflow in telnet(1) Client Software (formerly Document ID: 57755) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Accenture | Let there be change af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 idefense.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
#101665: Buffer Overflow in telnet(1) Client Software (formerly Document ID: 57755) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.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 Patch, Vendor Advisory
Telnet Client NEW-ENVIRON Command Discloses Information to Remote Users - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Secunia - Advisories - SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-214A -- Apple Mac Products Affected by Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-03-14Mark J CoxRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

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