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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2005-0469 Detail

Description

Buffer overflow in the slc_add_reply function in various BSD-based Telnet clients, when handling LINEMODE suboptions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a reply with a large number of Set Local Character (SLC) commands.


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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/14/2007)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:01.telnet.asc CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050405-01-P CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://secunia.com/advisories/14745 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/17899 CVE, MITRE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101665-1 CVE, MITRE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101671-1 CVE, MITRE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57755-1 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57761-1 CVE, MITRE
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2005-001-telnet.txt CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.debian.de/security/2005/dsa-731 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-697 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-699 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-703 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-36.xml CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=220&type=vulnerabilities CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/291924 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:061 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-327.html CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-330.html CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12918 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/usn/usn-224-1 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9708 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2005-0469
NVD Published Date:
05/02/2005
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE