Description
Unknown vulnerability in the rwho daemon (rwhod) before 0.17, on little endian architectures, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash).
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | netkit-rwho | 0.17-8 | — |
| Debian 13 | netkit-rwho | 0.17-8 | — |
| Debian 12 | netkit-rwho | 0.17-8 | — |
| Debian 3.0 | netkit-rwho | 0.17-4woody2 | DSA-678-1 |
Advisories 1
- DSA-678-1 netkit-rwho - missing input validation Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
References
- DSA-678 vendor-advisory
- MDKSA-2005:039 vendor-advisory
- 14309 third-party-advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/download/updates/81_i386.html