Homepage
About Snyk

Buffer Overflow Affecting inetutils package, versions <2:1.8-6

0.0
critical

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity Mature
    EPSS 97.19% (100th percentile)
Expand this section
NVD
9.8 critical
Expand this section
Red Hat
8.8 high

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-INETUTILS-280373
  • published 25 Dec 2011
  • disclosed 25 Dec 2011
Report a new vulnerability Found a mistake?

Introduced: 25 Dec 2011

CVE-2011-4862 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-120 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 inetutils to version 2:1.8-6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream inetutils package and not the inetutils package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Buffer overflow in libtelnet/encrypt.c in telnetd in FreeBSD 7.3 through 9.0, MIT Kerberos Version 5 Applications (aka krb5-appl) 1.0.2 and earlier, Heimdal 1.5.1 and earlier, GNU inetutils, and possibly other products allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long encryption key, as exploited in the wild in December 2011.

References