CVE-2005-0468

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    CVE-2005-0468

    Published: 2 May 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:01.telnet.asc, http://secunia.com/advisories/14745, http://secunia.com/advisories/17899, http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2005-001-telnet.txt, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-703, http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=221&type=vulnerabilities, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:061, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-327.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-330.html, ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050405-01-P, http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2005-001-telnet.txt, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-703, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-327.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-330.html, 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, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57755-1, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57761-1, http://www.debian.de/security/2005/dsa-731, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/341908, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12919, http://www.ubuntulinux.org/usn/usn-224-1, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9640

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High