CVE-2020-10188

Published: 06 March 2020

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.

Priority

CVSS 3 base score: 9.8

Status

Package	Release	Status
inetutils Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Needs triage

	Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)	Not vulnerable (2:1.9.4-12)
	Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)	Not vulnerable (2:1.9.4-12)
	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)	Released (2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.1)
	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)	Released (2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1)
	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus)	Ignored (end of standard support, was needs-triage)
	Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr)	Needs triage
netkit-telnet Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Needs triage

	Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)	Needs triage
	Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)	Needs triage
	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)	Needs triage
	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)	Needs triage
	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus)	Needs triage
	Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr)	Needs triage
	Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community.
netkit-telnet-ssl Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	Upstream	Needs triage

	Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)	Needs triage
	Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)	Needs triage
	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)	Needs triage
	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)	Needs triage
	Ubuntu 16.04 ESM (Xenial Xerus)	Ignored (end of standard support, was needs-triage)
	Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr)	Does not exist

CVE-2020-10188

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