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FKIE_CVE-2005-0488

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-06-14 04:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:11
Severity
Summary
Certain BSD-based Telnet clients, including those used on Solaris and SuSE Linux, allow remote malicious Telnet servers to read sensitive environment variables via the NEW-ENVIRON option with a SEND ENV_USERVAR command.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=260&type=vulnerabilitiesVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/17135
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/21253
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1014203
cve@mitre.orghttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101665-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101671-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57755-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57761-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/800829Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_16_sr.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-504.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-562.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13940
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.htmlUS Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11373
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1139
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=260&type=vulnerabilitiesVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17135
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/21253
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1014203
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101665-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101671-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57755-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57761-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/800829Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_16_sr.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-504.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-562.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13940
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.htmlUS Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11373
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1139
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft telnet_client 5.1.2600.2180
mit kerberos_5 1.3.4
sun sunos 5.9

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