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CVE-2020-10188

Publication date 6 March 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
inetutils 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
23.10 mantic
Not affected
23.04 lunar
Not affected
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute
Not affected
20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation
netkit-telnet 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
23.10 mantic Not in release
23.04 lunar Not in release
22.10 kinetic
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
21.10 impish
Not affected
21.04 hirsute Ignored
20.10 groovy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
netkit-telnet-ssl 24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
23.10 mantic Ignored
23.04 lunar Ignored
22.10 kinetic Ignored
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
21.10 impish Ignored
21.04 hirsute Ignored
20.10 groovy Ignored
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
19.10 eoan Ignored
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

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Notes

ccdm94

in netkit-telnet, this CVE was patched in 0.17-18woody2. See https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=953477 for more information.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H