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FreeBSD: VID-E00304D2-BBED-11E6-B1CF-14DAE9D210B8 (CVE-2016-1888): FreeBSD -- Possible login(1) argument injection in telnetd(8)

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FreeBSD: VID-E00304D2-BBED-11E6-B1CF-14DAE9D210B8 (CVE-2016-1888): FreeBSD -- Possible login(1) argument injection in telnetd(8)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
12/06/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/09/2016
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

The telnetd service in FreeBSD 9.3, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, and 11.0 allows remote attackers to inject arguments to login and bypass authentication via vectors involving a "sequence of memory allocation failures."

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-base-10_1-release-p43
  • freebsd-upgrade-base-10_2-release-p26
  • freebsd-upgrade-base-10_3-release-p13
  • freebsd-upgrade-base-11_0-release-p4
  • freebsd-upgrade-base-9_3-release-p51

References

  • CVE-2016-1888

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