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Juniper Junos OS: 2020-10 Security Bulletin: Junos OS: Arbitrary code execution vulnerability in Telnet server (JSA11057) (CVE-2020-10188)

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Mar 6, 2020
Added
Oct 15, 2020
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

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

juniper-junos-os-upgrade-latest
Title
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