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Debian dsa-6144 : inetutils-ftp - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 299633

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 13 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-6144 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6144-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso February 19, 2026 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : inetutils CVE ID : not yet available

 Ron Ben Yizhak discovered that the inetutils implementation of telnetd didn't sanitise the CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY environment variable before passing it to the login binary. This could be exploited to bypass authentication and login as root.

 For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in version 2:2.6-3+deb13u2.

 We recommend that you upgrade your inetutils packages.

 For the detailed security status of inetutils please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/inetutils

 Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

 Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

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

Solution

Upgrade the inetutils-ftp packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/inetutils

https://packages.debian.org/source/trixie/inetutils

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 299633

File Name: debian_DSA-6144.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/19/2026

Updated: 2/19/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-talk, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-telnetd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-inetd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-ftpd, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-ftp, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-tools, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:telnet, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-syslogd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-ping, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:telnetd, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-telnet, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-traceroute, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:inetutils-talkd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/19/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/19/2026