vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-7781-1 (CVE-2019-0053): Inetutils vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Jul 11, 2019 | Sep 30, 2025 | Oct 1, 2025 |
Description
Insufficient validation of environment variables in the telnet client supplied in Junos OS can lead to stack-based buffer overflows, which can be exploited to bypass veriexec restrictions on Junos OS. A stack-based overflow is present in the handling of environment variables when connecting via the telnet client to remote telnet servers. This issue only affects the telnet client — accessible from the CLI or shell — in Junos OS. Inbound telnet services are not affected by this issue. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS: 12.3 versions prior to 12.3R12-S13; 12.3X48 versions prior to 12.3X48-D80; 14.1X53 versions prior to 14.1X53-D130, 14.1X53-D49; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1F6-S12, 15.1R7-S4; 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D170; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D237, 15.1X53-D496, 15.1X53-D591, 15.1X53-D69; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R3-S11, 16.1R7-S4; 16.2 versions prior to 16.2R2-S9; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R3; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R1-S8, 17.2R2-S7, 17.2R3-S1; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S4; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R1-S6, 17.4R2-S3, 17.4R3; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R2-S4, 18.1R3-S3; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R1-S5, 18.2R2-S2, 18.2R3; 18.2X75 versions prior to 18.2X75-D40; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R1-S3, 18.3R2; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R1-S2, 18.4R2.
Solutions
References
- CVE-2019-0053
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2019-0053
- CWE-121
- CWE-787
- UBUNTU-USN-7781-1
- URL-https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hackerhouse-opensource/exploits/master/inetutils-telnet.txt
- URL-https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7781-1
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-0053
- URL-https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:12.telnet.asc
- URL-https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/12/14/8
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