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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.70691
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2373-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'inetutils' package(s) announced via the DSA-2373-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'inetutils' package(s) announced via the DSA-2373-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that the Kerberos support for telnetd contains a pre-authentication buffer overflow, which may enable remote attackers who can connect to TELNET to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.5.dfsg.1-9+lenny1.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2:1.6-3.1+squeeze1.

For the testing distribution (wheezy) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you upgrade your inetutils packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'inetutils' package(s) on Debian 5, Debian 6.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-4862
Bugtraq: 20111226 MITKRB5-SA-2011-008 buffer overflow in telnetd [CVE-2011-4862] (Google Search)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0172.html
Debian Security Information: DSA-2372 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2372
Debian Security Information: DSA-2373 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2373
Debian Security Information: DSA-2375 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2375
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18280/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071627.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071640.html
FreeBSD Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-11:08
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-11:08.telnetd.asc
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:195
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2011-December/006117.html
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2011-December/006118.html
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2011-December/006119.html
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2011-December/006120.html
http://osvdb.org/78020
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1851.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1852.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1853.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1854.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026460
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026463
http://secunia.com/advisories/46239
http://secunia.com/advisories/47341
http://secunia.com/advisories/47348
http://secunia.com/advisories/47357
http://secunia.com/advisories/47359
http://secunia.com/advisories/47373
http://secunia.com/advisories/47374
http://secunia.com/advisories/47397
http://secunia.com/advisories/47399
http://secunia.com/advisories/47441
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2012:0010 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00002.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2012:0018 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00004.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2012:0024 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00007.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2012:0042 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00010.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2012:0050 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00011.html
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2012:0056 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00015.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2012:0019 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00005.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2012:0051 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00014.html
XForce ISS Database: multiple-telnetd-bo(71970)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71970
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