CVEvulnerability
CVE-2020-10188
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2020-03-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-120
Description
utility.c in telnetd in netkit telnet through 0.17 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via short writes or urgent data, because of a buffer overflow involving the netclear and nextitem functions.
Affected configurations
• netkit telnet project netkit telnet (<= 0.17)
• fedoraproject fedora 30
• fedoraproject fedora 31
• fedoraproject fedora 32
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
• arista eos (<= 4.20.15)
• arista eos (>= 4.21.0 <= 4.21.10m)
• arista eos (>= 4.22 <= 4.22.4m)
• arista eos (>= 4.23 <= 4.23.3m)
• arista eos 4.24.0f
• oracle communications performance intelligence center 10.4.0.2
• juniper junos 12.3
• juniper junos 12.3r12
• juniper junos 12.3x48
• juniper junos 12.3x50
• juniper junos 15.1
• juniper junos 15.1x49
• juniper junos 15.1x49-d30
• juniper junos 15.1x49-d60
• juniper junos 15.1x49-d140
• juniper junos 15.1x49-d150
• juniper junos 15.1x49-d160
• juniper junos 16.1
• juniper junos 17.2
• juniper junos 17.2x75
• juniper junos 17.3
• juniper junos 17.4
• juniper junos 18.1
• juniper junos 18.2
• juniper junos 18.2x75
• juniper junos 18.2x75-d10
• juniper junos 18.2x75-d30
• juniper junos 18.3
• juniper junos 18.4
• juniper junos 19.1
• juniper junos 19.2
• juniper junos 19.3
• juniper junos 19.4
• juniper junos 20.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input weakness
References
- https://appgateresearch.blogspot.com/2020/02/bravestarr-fedora-31-netkit-telnetd_28.html Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5-appl/blob/d00cd671dfe945791b33d4f1f6a5c57ae1667ef8/telnet/telnetd/utility.c#L205-L216 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00012.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00038.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7FMTRRQTYKWZD2GMXX3GLZV46OLPCLVK/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HLU6FL24BSQQEB2SJC26NLJ2MANQDA7M/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K3VJ6V2Z3JRNJOBVHSOPMAC76PSSKG6A/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-telnetd-EFJrEzPx Third Party Advisory
- https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/10702-security-advisory-48 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/20/8 www.openwall.com
- https://appgateresearch.blogspot.com/2020/02/bravestarr-fedora-31-netkit-telnetd_28.html Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/krb5/krb5-appl/blob/d00cd671dfe945791b33d4f1f6a5c57ae1667ef8/telnet/telnetd/utility.c#L205-L216 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00012.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00038.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7FMTRRQTYKWZD2GMXX3GLZV46OLPCLVK/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HLU6FL24BSQQEB2SJC26NLJ2MANQDA7M/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K3VJ6V2Z3JRNJOBVHSOPMAC76PSSKG6A/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-telnetd-EFJrEzPx Third Party Advisory
- https://www.arista.com/en/support/advisories-notices/security-advisories/10702-security-advisory-48 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html Patch, Third Party Advisory