netkit-telnet: CVE-2020-10188

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2020-10188  

Debian Bug report logs - #953477
netkit-telnet: CVE-2020-10188

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Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>

Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2020 21:18:01 UTC

Severity: important

Tags: security, upstream

Found in versions netkit-telnet/0.17-41.2, netkit-telnet/0.17-41

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, carnil@debian.org, team@security.debian.org, team@security.debian.org, Mats Erik Andersson <mats.andersson@gisladisker.se>:
Bug#953477; Package src:netkit-telnet. (Mon, 09 Mar 2020 21:18:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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From: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: netkit-telnet: CVE-2020-10188
Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2020 22:15:47 +0100
Source: netkit-telnet
Version: 0.17-41.2
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Control: clone -1 -2
Control: reassign -2 src:netkit-telnet-ssl 0.17.41+0.2-3.2
Control: retitle -2 netkit-telnet-ssl: CVE-2020-10188
Control: found -1 0.17-41
Control: found -2 0.17.41+0.2-3

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for netkit-telnet and
netkit-telnet-ssl, filling this for starting tracking the issue.
Any more insights into it?

CVE-2020-10188[0]:
| utility.c in telnetd in netkit telnet through 0.17 allows remote
| attackers to execute arbitrary code via short writes or urgent data,
| because of a buffer overflow involving the netclear and nextitem
| functions.


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-10188
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-10188
[1] https://appgateresearch.blogspot.com/2020/02/bravestarr-fedora-31-netkit-telnetd_28.html

Regards,
Salvatore



Bug 953477 cloned as bug 953478 Request was from Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> to submit@bugs.debian.org. (Mon, 09 Mar 2020 21:18:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Marked as found in versions netkit-telnet/0.17-41. Request was from Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> to submit@bugs.debian.org. (Mon, 09 Mar 2020 21:18:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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