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CVE-2001-0554: Buffer Overflow

First published: Tue Aug 14 2001(Updated: )

Buffer overflow in BSD-based telnetd telnet daemon on various operating systems allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a set of options including AYT (Are You There), which is not properly handled by the telrcv function.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
MIT Kerberos 5=1.0
MIT Kerberos 5=1.1
MIT Kerberos 5=1.1.1
MIT Kerberos 5=1.2
MIT Kerberos 5=1.2.1
MIT Kerberos 5=1.2.2
Netkit Linux Netkit=0.10
Netkit Linux Netkit=0.11
Netkit Linux Netkit=0.12
SGI IRIX=6.5
FreeBSD FreeBSD=2.0
FreeBSD FreeBSD=2.0.1
FreeBSD FreeBSD=2.0.5
FreeBSD FreeBSD=2.1-stable
FreeBSD FreeBSD=2.1.0
FreeBSD FreeBSD=2.1.5
FreeBSD FreeBSD=2.1.6
FreeBSD FreeBSD=2.1.6.1
FreeBSD FreeBSD=2.1.7
FreeBSD FreeBSD=2.1.7.1
FreeBSD FreeBSD=2.2
FreeBSD FreeBSD=2.2-current
FreeBSD FreeBSD=2.2.1
FreeBSD FreeBSD=2.2.2
FreeBSD FreeBSD=2.2.3
FreeBSD FreeBSD=2.2.4
FreeBSD FreeBSD=2.2.5
FreeBSD FreeBSD=2.2.6
FreeBSD FreeBSD=2.2.7
FreeBSD FreeBSD=2.2.8
FreeBSD FreeBSD=3.0
FreeBSD FreeBSD=3.0-releng
FreeBSD FreeBSD=3.1
FreeBSD FreeBSD=3.2
FreeBSD FreeBSD=3.3
FreeBSD FreeBSD=3.4
FreeBSD FreeBSD=3.5
FreeBSD FreeBSD=3.5-stable
FreeBSD FreeBSD=3.5.1
FreeBSD FreeBSD=3.5.1-release
FreeBSD FreeBSD=3.5.1-stable
FreeBSD FreeBSD=4.0
FreeBSD FreeBSD=4.0-alpha
FreeBSD FreeBSD=4.0-releng
FreeBSD FreeBSD=4.1
FreeBSD FreeBSD=4.1.1
FreeBSD FreeBSD=4.2
FreeBSD FreeBSD=4.3
IBM AIX=4.3
IBM AIX=4.3.1
IBM AIX=4.3.2
IBM AIX=4.3.3
IBM AIX=5.1
NetBSD NetBSD=1.0
NetBSD NetBSD=1.1
NetBSD NetBSD=1.2
NetBSD NetBSD=1.2.1
NetBSD NetBSD=1.3
NetBSD NetBSD=1.3.1
NetBSD NetBSD=1.3.2
NetBSD NetBSD=1.3.3
NetBSD NetBSD=1.4
NetBSD NetBSD=1.4.1
NetBSD NetBSD=1.4.2
NetBSD NetBSD=1.4.3
NetBSD NetBSD=1.5
NetBSD NetBSD=1.5.1
Openbsd Openbsd=2.0
Openbsd Openbsd=2.1
Openbsd Openbsd=2.2
Openbsd Openbsd=2.3
Openbsd Openbsd=2.4
Openbsd Openbsd=2.5
Openbsd Openbsd=2.6
Openbsd Openbsd=2.7
Openbsd Openbsd=2.8
Sun Solaris=2.6
Sun SunOS=5.0
Sun SunOS=5.1
Sun SunOS=5.2
Sun SunOS=5.3
Sun SunOS=5.4
Sun SunOS=5.5
Sun SunOS=5.5.1
Sun SunOS=5.7
Sun SunOS=5.8
Debian Debian Linux=2.2

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