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Unscored CVE-2005-2040 EUVD-2005-2042GHSA-r4rj-wjf2-m94v

Multiple buffer overflows in the getterminaltype function in telnetd for Heimdal before 0.6.5 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitra…

Published Jun 21, 2005 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the getterminaltype function in telnetd for Heimdal before 0.6.5 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0468 and CVE-2005-0469.

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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 heimdal 0.6.3-11 —
Debian 13 heimdal 0.6.3-11 —
Debian 12 heimdal 0.6.3-11 —
Debian 3.1 heimdal 0.6.3-10sarge1 DSA-758-1
Debian 3.0 heimdal 0.4e-7.woody.10 DSA-758-1

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