CVE-2011-4862

Summary

CVECVE-2011-4862
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-12-25 01:55:00 UTC
Updated2021-02-09 14:48:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in libtelnet/encrypt.c in telnetd in FreeBSD 7.3 through 9.0, MIT Kerberos Version 5 Applications (aka krb5-appl) 1.0.2 and earlier, Heimdal 1.5.1 and earlier, GNU inetutils, and possibly other products allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long encryption key, as exploited in the wild in December 2011.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-120

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 5.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 15 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 16 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 15 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 16 All All All
Operating System Freebsd Freebsd All All All All
Application Gnu Inetutils All All All All
Application Gnu Inetutils All All All All
Application Heimdal Project Heimdal All All All All
Application Mit Krb5-appl All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.4 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 11.4 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp2 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp3 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 9 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 10 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 sp1 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 10 sp4 All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 sp1 All All

References

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[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: krb5-appl-1.0.2-2.fc16 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
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FreeBSD-SA-11:08 FREEBSD security.freebsd.org Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:195 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
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