CVE-2011-4862

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
Link Resource
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0172.html Broken Link
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/inetutils.git/commit/?id=665f1e73cdd9b38e2d2e11b8db9958a315935592 Patch Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071627.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071640.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2011-December/006117.html Vendor Advisory
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2011-December/006118.html Vendor Advisory
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2011-December/006119.html Vendor Advisory
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2011-December/006120.html Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00002.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00004.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00005.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00007.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00010.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00011.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00014.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00015.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/78020 Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/46239 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47341 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47348 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47357 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47359 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47373 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47374 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47397 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47399 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47441 Third Party Advisory
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-11:08.telnetd.asc Mitigation Vendor Advisory
http://security.freebsd.org/patches/SA-11:08/telnetd.patch Patch Vendor Advisory
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-008.txt Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2372 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2373 Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2375 Third Party Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18280/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:195 Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1851.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1852.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1853.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1854.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026460 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026463 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71970 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inetutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:heimdal_project:heimdal:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:mit:krb5-appl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:10:sp4:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp3:*:*:ltss:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:10:sp4:*:*:-:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:*:-:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp1:*:*:-:vmware:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:10:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2011-12-25 01:55

Updated : 2024-02-04 17:54


NVD link : CVE-2011-4862

Mitre link : CVE-2011-4862

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2011-4862


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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

fedoraproject

  • fedora

opensuse

  • opensuse

mit

  • krb5-appl

gnu

  • inetutils

suse

  • linux_enterprise_server
  • linux_enterprise_software_development_kit
  • linux_enterprise_desktop

freebsd

  • freebsd

heimdal_project

  • heimdal
CWE
CWE-120

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')