The vulnerability of the implementations of the functions netclear() and nextitem() in the demon telnetd of the netkit-telnet server allows a intruder to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability of the implementations of the functions netclear and nextitem in the telnetd daemon of the netkit-telnet server is related to the copying of buffers without checking the size of the input data. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code...

Buffer overflow

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...