Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2019-0053  

inetutils <= 1.9.7 contains a stack overflow vulnerability in the client-side environment variable handling which can be exploited to escape restricted shells on embedded devices. A stack-based overflow is present in the handling of environment variables when connecting telnet.c to remote telnet servers through oversized DISPLAY arguments.

Severity High

Remote Yes

Type Arbitrary code execution

Description

inetutils <= 1.9.7 contains a stack overflow vulnerability in the client-side environment variable handling which can be exploited to escape restricted shells on embedded devices.  A stack-based overflow is present in the handling of environment variables when connecting  telnet.c to remote telnet servers through oversized DISPLAY arguments.

AVG-1003 inetutils 1.9.4-7 High Vulnerable

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