VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-2040
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.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 2.84%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.84%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.84% probability · 86th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- telnetd/telnetd
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15718Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-758
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-24.xml
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_40_heimdal.html
- http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2005-06-20/Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15718Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-758
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-24.xml
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_40_heimdal.html
- http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2005-06-20/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.