CVE-2005-0488

Description

Certain BSD-based Telnet clients, including those used on Solaris and SuSE Linux, allow remote malicious Telnet servers to read sensitive environment variables via the NEW-ENVIRON option with a SEND ENV_USERVAR command.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 15.04% Top 10%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-504.html	vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014203	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13940	vdb entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57755-1	patch vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/21253	third party advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/800829	patch third party advisory us government resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289	vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-562.html	vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html	third party advisory us government resource
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11373	signature vdb entry
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101665-1	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1139	signature vdb entry
http://idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=260&type=vulnerabilities	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17135	third party advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57761-1	patch vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101671-1	vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_16_sr.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-0488?: CVE-2005-0488 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-0488?: To fix CVE-2005-0488, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-0488 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-0488 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~15% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.