CVE-2001-0554

critical

Description

Buffer overflow in BSD-based telnetd telnet daemon on various operating systems allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a set of options including AYT (Are You There), which is not properly handled by the telrcv function.

References

Advisories

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6875

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-100.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-099.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-075

http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-070

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/707/catos-telrcv-vuln-pub.shtml

http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-21.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-08-14

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

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

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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