DSA-697-1 netkit-telnet -- buffer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-697-1 netkit-telnet -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

29 Mar 2005

Affected Packages:

netkit-telnet

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-0469.

More information:

Gaël Delalleau discovered a buffer overflow in the handling of the LINEMODE suboptions in telnet clients. This can lead to the execution of arbitrary code when connected to a malicious server.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.17-18woody3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.17-28.

We recommend that you upgrade your telnet package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/netkit-telnet_0.17-18woody3.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/netkit-telnet_0.17-18woody3.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/netkit-telnet_0.17.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnet_0.17-18woody3_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnet_0.17-18woody2_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody2_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnet_0.17-18woody3_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnet_0.17-18woody3_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnet_0.17-18woody3_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnet_0.17-18woody3_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnet_0.17-18woody3_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnet_0.17-18woody3_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnet_0.17-18woody3_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnet_0.17-18woody3_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnet_0.17-18woody3_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/n/netkit-telnet/telnetd_0.17-18woody3_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.