CVE-2011-4862
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 25, 2011
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 19, 2011
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- SUSE-SU-2012:0042vendor-advisory
- 47399third-party-advisory
- DSA-2375vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2011:1854vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2012:0018vendor-advisory
- 20111226 MITKRB5-SA-2011-008 buffer overflow in telnetd [CVE-2011-4862]mailing-list
- DSA-2372vendor-advisory
- 47359third-party-advisory
- FEDORA-2011-17493vendor-advisory
- [freebsd-security] 20111223 Merry Christmas from the FreeBSD Security Teammailing-list
- 47374third-party-advisory
- [freebsd-security] 20111223 Merry Christmas from the FreeBSD Security Teammailing-list
- FreeBSD-SA-11:08vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0019vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2011-17492vendor-advisory
- MDVSA-2011:195vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2012:0024vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2012:0050vendor-advisory
- 78020vdb-entry
- 1026463vdb-entry
- [freebsd-security] 20111223 Merry Christmas from the FreeBSD Security Teammailing-list
- 47341third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2011:1852vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2011:1853vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2012:0051vendor-advisory
- http://security.freebsd.org/patches/SA-11:08/telnetd.patch
- 47357third-party-advisory
- 46239third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2012:0010vendor-advisory
- 47397third-party-advisory
- 47373third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2012:0056vendor-advisory
- [freebsd-security] 20111223 Merry Christmas from the FreeBSD Security Teammailing-list
- 47441third-party-advisory
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/inetutils.git/commit/?id=665f1e73cdd9b38e2d2e11b8db9958a315935592
- http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-008.txt
- RHSA-2011:1851vendor-advisory
- 18280exploit
- 47348third-party-advisory
- 1026460vdb-entry
- DSA-2373vendor-advisory
- multiple-telnetd-bo(71970)vdb-entry
Every record here comes from the CVE Program’s CVE List. © 1999–2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. The records are reproduced under the CVE Program terms of use.