| Name | CVE-2011-4862 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in libtelnet/encrypt.c in telnetd in FreeBSD 7.3 through 9.0, MIT Kerberos Version 5 Applications (aka krb5-appl) 1.0.2 and earlier, Heimdal 1.5.1 and earlier, GNU inetutils, and possibly other products allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long encryption key, as exploited in the wild in December 2011. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2372-1, DSA-2373-1, DSA-2375-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 654231 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| heimdal (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.6~rc2+dfsg-9+deb8u3 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 7.1.0+dfsg-13+deb9u3 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 7.1.0+dfsg-13+deb9u4 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 7.5.0+dfsg-3+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 7.7.0+dfsg-2+deb11u3 | fixed |
| bookworm | 7.8.git20221117.28daf24+dfsg-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 7.8.git20221117.28daf24+dfsg-8 | fixed |
| inetutils (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 2:1.9.2.39.3a460-3+deb8u2 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 2:1.9.4-2+deb9u1 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 2:1.9.4-2+deb9u3 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 2:1.9.4-7+deb10u3 | fixed |
| bullseye | 2:2.0-1+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2:2.4-2+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2:2.5-5 | fixed |
| krb5 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.12.1+dfsg-19+deb8u9 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 1.15-1+deb9u3 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1.15-1+deb9u6 | fixed |
| buster, buster (lts) | 1.17-3+deb10u7 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 1.17-3+deb10u6 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 1.18.3-6+deb11u5 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 1.20.1-2+deb12u2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.21.3-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.