FKIE_CVE-2005-2040

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-06-20 04:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:14
Severity
Summary
Multiple buffer overflows in the getterminaltype function in telnetd for Heimdal before 0.6.5 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0468 and CVE-2005-0469.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/15718Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-758
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-24.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_40_heimdal.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2005-06-20/Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/15718Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-758
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-24.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_40_heimdal.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2005-06-20/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
telnetd telnetd 0.3f
telnetd telnetd 0.4a
telnetd telnetd 0.4b
telnetd telnetd 0.4c
telnetd telnetd 0.4d
telnetd telnetd 0.4e
telnetd telnetd 0.5.0
telnetd telnetd 0.5.1
telnetd telnetd 0.5.2
telnetd telnetd 0.5.3
telnetd telnetd 0.6
telnetd telnetd 0.6.1
telnetd telnetd 0.6.2
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