CVE-2020-10188 Information

Description

utility.c in telnetd in netkit telnet through 0.17 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via short writes or urgent data because of a buffer overflow involving the netclear and nextitem functions.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://appgateresearch.blogspot.com/2020/02/bravestarr-fedora-31-netkit-telnetd_28.html https://github.com/krb5/krb5-appl/blob/d00cd671dfe945791b33d4f1f6a5c57ae1667ef8/telnet/telnetd/utility.cL205-L216 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00012.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00038.html https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7FMTRRQTYKWZD2GMXX3GLZV46OLPCLVK/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HLU6FL24BSQQEB2SJC26NLJ2MANQDA7M/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K3VJ6V2Z3JRNJOBVHSOPMAC76PSSKG6A/ https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-telnetd-EFJrEzPx

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

9.8