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netkit-telnet: invalid free pointer

Package(s):netkit-telnet CVE #(s):CAN-2004-0911
Created:October 4, 2004 Updated:March 28, 2005
Description: Michal Zalewski discovered a bug in the netkit-telnet server (telnetd) whereby a remote attacker could cause the telnetd process to free an invalid pointer. This causes the telnet server process to crash, leading to a straightforward denial of service (inetd will disable the service if telnetd is crashed repeatedly), or possibly the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the telnetd process (by default, the 'telnetd' user).
Alerts:
Ubuntu USN-101-1 2005-03-28
Debian DSA-556-2 2004-10-18
Debian DSA-569-1 2004-10-18
Debian DSA-556-1 2004-10-02

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