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PAN-OS: Impact of Telnet Remote-Code-Execution (RCE) Vulnerability (CVE-2020-10188)

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PAN-OS: Impact of Telnet Remote-Code-Execution (RCE) Vulnerability (CVE-2020-10188)

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/06/2020
Created
09/20/2021
Added
09/10/2021
Modified
09/10/2021

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(s)

  • palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-10-0
  • palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-8-1
  • palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-9-0
  • palo-alto-networks-pan-os-upgrade-9-1

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