CVE detail
CVE-2011-4862
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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Buzz score components · mention 6.9 · diversity 5.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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Evidence
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Cisco has released software updates to address a three-year-old v ulnerability in the Telnet code of Cisco AsyncOS, the operating systems used in some of the company’s security appliances.
newswww.securityweek.comOct 24, 2014, 1:49 PM
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