vulnerability

Cisco XE: CVE-2020-10188: Telnet Vulnerability Affecting Cisco Products: June 2020

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Mar 6, 2020
Added
Jun 25, 2020
Modified
Apr 29, 2024

Description

utility.c in telnetd in netkit telnet through 0.17 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via short writes or urgent data, because of a buffer overflow involving the netclear and nextitem functions.

Solution

cisco-xe-upgrade-latest
Title
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