Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.53245
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian Security Advisory DSA 556-1 (netkit-telnet)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to netkit-telnet announced via advisory DSA 556-1. 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). For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 0.17-18woody1. For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 0.17-26. We recommend that you upgrade your netkit-telnetpackage. Solution: http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20556-1 CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2004-0911 Bugtraq: 20040918 Debian netkit telnetd vulnerability (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/375743 Debian Security Information: DSA-556 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-556 XForce ISS Database: telnetd-netkit-bo(17540) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17540
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