DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4862

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2011-4862

    Published: 25 Dec 2011Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2011-4862

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-4862

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: heimdal

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/heimdal?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5.dfsg.1-1

    Affected versions

    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