CVE-2005-0468

NameCVE-2005-0468
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the env_opt_add function in telnet.c for various BSD-based Telnet clients allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via responses that contain a large number of characters that require escaping, which consumers more memory than allocated.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-703-1, DSA-731-1
Debian Bugs306141

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
krb5 (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)1.12.1+dfsg-19+deb8u9fixed
stretch (security)1.15-1+deb9u3fixed
stretch (lts), stretch1.15-1+deb9u6fixed
buster, buster (lts)1.17-3+deb10u7fixed
buster (security)1.17-3+deb10u6fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye1.18.3-6+deb11u5fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm1.20.1-2+deb12u2fixed
sid, trixie1.21.3-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
krb4sourcewoody1.1-8-2.4DSA-731-1
krb4source(unstable)1.2.2-11.2306141
krb5sourcewoody1.2.4-5woody8DSA-703-1
krb5source(unstable)1.3.6-2

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