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CVE-2005-0469
Buffer overflow in the slc_add_reply function in various BSD-based Telnet clients, when handling LINEMODE suboptions, allows remote…
High7.5EPSS 8.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in the slc_add_reply function in various BSD-based Telnet clients, when handling LINEMODE suboptions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a reply with a large number of Set Local Character (SLC) commands.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.9% · top 4.8% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (20)
- DSA-731 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 12918 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-224-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2005-001-telnet.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 57755 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9708 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- DSA-703 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 101665 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- DSA-699 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDKSA-2005:061 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- 14745 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:327 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20050328 Multiple Telnet Client slc_add_reply() Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- GLSA-200503-36 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:330 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-697 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 57761 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- VU#291924 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 101671 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 17899 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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