CVE-2005-2040

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the getterminaltype function in telnetd for Heimdal before 0.6.5 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0468 and CVE-2005-0469.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 2.02% Top 20%

Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory kth.se

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2005-06-20/	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-758	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/15718	patch vendor advisory third party advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-24.xml	vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_40_heimdal.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-2040?: CVE-2005-2040 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-2040?: To fix CVE-2005-2040, 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-2005-2040 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-2040 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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