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High
CVE-2005-0469
Buffer overflow in the slc_add_reply function in various BSD-based Telnet...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.debian.de/security/2005/dsa-731
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050405-01-P
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12918
- http://www.ubuntulinux.org/usn/usn-224-1
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2005-001-telnet.txt
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57755-1
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9708
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-703
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101665-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-699
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:061
- http://secunia.com/advisories/14745
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-327.html
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=220&type=vulnerabilities
- ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:01.telnet.asc
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-36.xml
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-330.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-697
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57761-1
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/291924
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101671-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17899
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Vulnerable Versions:
Unknown
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 28th, 2005
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.