Executive Summary

Summary
Title New netkit-telnet-ssl package fixes format string vulnerability
Informations
Name DSA-529 First vendor Publication 2004-07-17
Vendor Debian Last vendor Modification 2004-07-17
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision 1

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 10 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

b0f discovered a format string vulnerability in netkit-telnet-ssl which could potentially allow a remote attacker to cause the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the telnet daemon (the 'telnetd' user by default).

For the current stable distribution (woody), this problem has been fixed in version 0.17.17+0.1-2woody1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.17.24+0.1-2.

We recommend that you update your netkit-telnet-ssl package.

Original Source

Url : http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-529

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 2
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: SSLtelnet
File : nvt/freebsd_SSLtelnet.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 529-1 (netkit-telnet-ssl)
File : nvt/deb_529_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
7594 SSLTelnet Error Logging Remote Format String

SSLTelnet contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to execute code remotely. The issue is triggered when a call is made to the syslog() function without any arguments. Under some circumstances this may be exploited remotely resulting in a loss of integrity.

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2004-09-29 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-529.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2004-07-06 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_ssltelnet_0131.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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