Debian DSA-556-2 : netkit-telnet - invalid free(3)

Michal Zalewski discovered a bug in the netkit-telnet server telnetd whereby a remote attacker could cause the telnetd process to free an invalid pointer. This causes the telnet server process to crash, leading to a straightforward denial of service inetd will disable the service if telnetd is...

[SECURITY] [DSA 556-1] New netkit-telnet packages fix invalid free

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 556-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Matt Zimmerman October 2nd, 2004 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

ADV/EXP: netkit <=0.17 in.telnetd remote buffer overflow

Product: netkit telnet protocol daemon, in.telnetd Version: netkit-telnet-0.17 and previous /usr/sbin/in.telnetd Severity: High Remote: Yes Allows: Remote ROOT level access. Workaround: Disable telnet access. Fix: Check with your vendor for an updated package. from...