CVE-2011-4862
Buffer overflow in libtelnet/encrypt.c in telnetd in FreeBSD 7.3 through 9.0, MIT Kerberos Version 5 Applications (aka krb5-appl) 1.0.2 and earlier, Heimdal 1.5.1 and earlier, GNU inetutils, and possibly other products allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long encryption key, as exploited in the wild in December 2011.
- EPSS
- 95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 99% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-120
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- debian:debian_linux
- fedoraproject:fedora
- freebsd:freebsd
- gnu:inetutils
- heimdal_project:heimdal
- mit:krb5-appl
- opensuse:opensuse
- suse:linux_enterprise_desktop
- suse:linux_enterprise_server
- suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0172.html
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/inetutils.git/commit/?id=665f1e73cdd9b38e2d2e11b8db9958a315935592
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071627.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071640.html
- http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2011-December/006117.html