Debian Security Advisory
DSA-697-1 netkit-telnet -- buffer overflow
- Date Reported:
- 29 Mar 2005
- Affected Packages:
- netkit-telnet
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-0469.
- More information:
-
Gaël Delalleau discovered a buffer overflow in the handling of the LINEMODE suboptions in telnet clients. This can lead to the execution of arbitrary code when connected to a malicious server.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.17-18woody3.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.17-28.
We recommend that you upgrade your telnet package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/netkit-telnet_0.17-18woody3.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/netkit-telnet_0.17-18woody3.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/netkit-telnet_0.17.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/netkit-telnet_0.17-18woody3.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnet_0.17-18woody3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnet_0.17-18woody2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody2_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnet_0.17-18woody3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnet_0.17-18woody3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnet_0.17-18woody3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnet_0.17-18woody3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnet_0.17-18woody3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnet_0.17-18woody3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnet_0.17-18woody3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnet_0.17-18woody3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnet_0.17-18woody3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.