sys_term.c in telnetd in FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE and other 7.x versions deletes dangerous environment variables with a method that was valid only in older FreeBSD distributions, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by passing a crafted environment variable from a telnet client, as demonstrated by an LD_PRELOAD value that references a malicious library.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-02-18T17:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T04:40:05.105Z

Reserved: 2009-02-18T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2009-0641

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-02-20T06:47:48.250

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:00:35.310

Link: CVE-2009-0641

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