CVE-2005-0468
N/A
Published: March 28, 2005 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:11 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTelnet
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 27%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:01.telnet.asc
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050405-01-P
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000962
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101665-1
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101671-1
References (20)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:01.telnet.ascVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SGIPatch
Source: [email protected]
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050405-01-PVendor Advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000962Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
Source: [email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101665-1Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
Source: [email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101671-1Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
Source: [email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57755-1Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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