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CVE-2011-4862 Detail

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0172.html Broken Link 
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/inetutils.git/commit/?id=665f1e73cdd9b38e2d2e11b8db9958a315935592 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071627.html Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071640.html Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2011-December/006117.html Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2011-December/006118.html Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2011-December/006119.html Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2011-December/006120.html Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00002.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00004.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00005.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00007.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00010.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00011.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00014.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00015.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-11:08.telnetd.asc Mitigation  Vendor Advisory 
http://security.freebsd.org/patches/SA-11:08/telnetd.patch Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-008.txt Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2372 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2373 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2375 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18280/ Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:195 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1851.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1852.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1853.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1854.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026460 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026463 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71970 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2011-4862
NVD Published Date:
12/24/2011
NVD Last Modified:
02/09/2021
Source:
FreeBSD