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Heimdal telnetd Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA15718
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Release Date:
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2005-06-20
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Last Update:
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2005-06-24
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Popularity:
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7,394 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From local network
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Heimdal 0.5.x
Heimdal 0.6.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-2040
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Heimdal, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in telnetd within the "getterminaltype()" function when processing the terminal type received from a telnet client.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
Solution:
Update to version 0.6.5 or 0.7.
ftp://ftp.pdc.kth.se/pub/heimdal/src/
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by vendor.
Changelog:
2005-06-24: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2005-06-20/
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