Buffer overflow in libtelnet/encrypt.c in telnetd in FreeBSD 7.3 through 9.0, MIT Kerberos Version 5 Applications (aka krb5-appl) 1.0.2 and earlier, Heimdal 1.5.1 and earlier, GNU inetutils, and possibly other products allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long encryption key, as exploited in the wild in December 2011.

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2372-1 heimdal security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2373-1 inetutils security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2375-1 krb5. krb5-appl security update
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References
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http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0172.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/inetutils.git/commit/?id=665f1e73cdd9b38e2d2e11b8db9958a315935592 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071627.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071640.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2011-December/006117.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2011-December/006118.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2011-December/006119.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2011-December/006120.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00002.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00004.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00005.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00007.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00010.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00011.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00014.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00015.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://osvdb.org/78020 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/46239 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/47341 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/47348 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/47357 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/47359 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/47373 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/47374 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/47397 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/47399 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/47441 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-11:08.telnetd.asc cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.freebsd.org/patches/SA-11:08/telnetd.patch cve-icon cve-icon
http://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-008.txt cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2372 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2373 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2375 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18280/ cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:195 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1851.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1852.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1853.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1854.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026460 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026463 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71970 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4862 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4862 cve-icon
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: freebsd

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:16:35.035Z

Reserved: 2011-12-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-4862

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-12-25T01:55:02.210

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-4862

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2011-12-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-4862 - Bugzilla

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