KTH Heimdal up to 0.7.1.3 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in KTH Heimdal up to 0.7.1.3. This affects an unknown part. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2006-0677. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in KTH Heimdal up to 0.7.1.3. This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

telnetd in Heimdal 0.6.x before 0.6.6 and 0.7.x before 0.7.2 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via unknown vectors that trigger a null dereference.

The bug was discovered 02/06/2006. The weakness was released 02/06/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared at stacken.kth.se. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-0677 since 02/14/2006. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21061 (Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 / 5.10 : heimdal vulnerability (USN-253-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Ubuntu Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 0.6.x eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (24763), Tenable (21061), SecurityFocus (BID 16676†), OSVDB (23244†) and Secunia (SA18894†). 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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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 21061
Nessus Name: Ubuntu 4.10 / 5.04 / 5.10 : heimdal vulnerability (USN-253-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 56283
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 977-1 (heimdal)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Heimdal 0.6.x

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03/19/2006 +6 days 🔍
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06/15/2019 +1556 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: stacken.kth.se
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-0677 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0677
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-28701
X-Force: 24763
SecurityFocus: 16676 - Heimdal TelnetD Denial Of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 18894
OSVDB: 23244 - Heimdal telnetd Unspecified Remote DoS
Vulnerability Center: 10677 - Heimdal telnetd 0.6-0.6.5, 0.7- 0.7.1-3 Remote Denial of Service, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-0456

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 06/15/2019 16:48
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (75), 06/15/2019 16:48 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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