Debian netkit 0.17 telnetd denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Debian netkit 0.17. Affected is an unknown function of the component telnetd. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2004-0911. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Debian netkit 0.17. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component telnetd. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

telnetd for netkit 0.17 and earlier, and possibly other versions, on Debian GNU/Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (free of an invalid pointer), a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-0554.

The bug was discovered 09/18/2004. The weakness was presented 11/03/2004 by Michal Zalewski (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2004-0911 since 09/27/2004. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 30 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 15667 (Debian DSA-569-1 : netkit-telnet-ssl - invalid free(3)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (17540), Tenable (15667), SecurityFocus (BID 11313†), OSVDB (10531†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-8368†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 15667
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-569-1 : netkit-telnet-ssl - invalid free(3)
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OpenVAS ID: 53245
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 556-1 (netkit-telnet)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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09/18/2004 🔍
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09/27/2004 +9 days 🔍
10/03/2004 +6 days 🔍
10/18/2004 +15 days 🔍
11/03/2004 +16 days 🔍
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11/10/2004 +7 days 🔍
06/16/2005 +218 days 🔍
04/14/2015 +3589 days 🔍
06/02/2019 +1510 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: debian.org

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Researcher: Michal Zalewski
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CVE: CVE-2004-0911 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2004-0911
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-22373
X-Force: 17540
SecurityFocus: 11313 - Debian GNU/Linux Telnetd Invalid Memory Handling Vulnerability
OSVDB: 10531 - Netkit telnetd implementation buffer overflow
Vulnerability Center: 8368 - DoS in Netkit <= 0.17 Telnetd Implementation via Buffer Overflow, Medium

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Created: 04/14/2015 13:22
Updated: 06/02/2019 14:52
Changes: 04/14/2015 13:22 (67), 06/02/2019 14:52 (10)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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