CVE-2005-0469 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2005-0469 at MITRE

Description

Buffer overflow in the slc_add_reply function in various BSD-based Telnet clients, when handling LINEMODE suboptions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a reply with a large number of Set Local Character (SLC) commands.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.5
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 66128 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 73618 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 75256 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

SUSE-SR:2005:009, published Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:00:00 +0000
SUSE-SR:2005:012, published Fri, 29 Apr 2005 14:00:00 +0000

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 01:02:25 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:14:38 2025