CentOS 3 / 4 : telnet (CESA-2005:504)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 21834

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated telnet packages that fix an information disclosure issue are now available.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The telnet package provides a command line telnet client.

Gael Delalleau discovered an information disclosure issue in the way the telnet client handles messages from a server. An attacker could construct a malicious telnet server that collects information from the environment of any victim who connects to it. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CVE-2005-0488 to this issue.

Users of telnet should upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected telnet packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 21834

File Name: centos_RHSA-2005-504.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 7/3/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

Percentile: 96.81

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/14/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/14/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-0488

RHSA: 2005:504

Detections

Analytics