CVE-2005-0469

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    CVE-2005-0469

    Published: 2 May 2005Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in the slc_add_reply function in various BSD-based Telnet clients, when handling LINEMODE suboptions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a reply with a large number of Set Local Character (SLC) commands.

    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://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57755-1, http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2005-001-telnet.txt, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-697, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-699, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-703, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-36.xml, http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=220&type=vulnerabilities, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/291924, 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://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57755-1, http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2005-001-telnet.txt, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-697, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-699, http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-703, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-36.xml, http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=220&type=vulnerabilities, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-327.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-330.html, 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=1-26-57761-1, http://www.debian.de/security/2005/dsa-731, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/291924, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12918, http://www.ubuntulinux.org/usn/usn-224-1, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9708

    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