RHEL 4 : telnet (RHSA-2005:327)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 17645

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for telnet.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2005:327 advisory.

- security flaw (CVE-2005-0468, CVE-2005-0469)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL telnet package based on the guidance in RHSA-2005:327.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 17645

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-327.nasl

Version: 1.29

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/29/2005

Updated: 4/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2005-0469

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2005-0468

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:telnet, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:telnet-server, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 3/28/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/2/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0468, CVE-2005-0469

RHSA: 2005:327

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