Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-0469
CVE-2005-0469
Description
Buffer overflow in the slc_add_reply function in various BSD-based Telnet clients, when handling LINEMODE suboptions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a reply with a large number of Set Local Character (SLC) commands.
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References
22- patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20050405-01-PnvdPatch
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvdPatchVendor Advisory
- web.mit.edu/kerberos/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2005-001-telnet.txtnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-697nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-699nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-703nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-36.xmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.idefense.com/application/poi/displaynvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-327.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-330.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-05:01.telnet.ascnvdVendor Advisory
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/291924nvdThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- secunia.com/advisories/14745nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/17899nvd
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvd
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvd
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvd
- www.debian.de/security/2005/dsa-731nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/12918nvd
- www.ubuntulinux.org/usn/usn-224-1nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9708nvd
News mentions
1- A 32-Year-Old Bug Walks Into A Telnet Server (GNU inetutils Telnetd CVE-2026-32746 Pre-Auth RCE)watchTowr Labs · Mar 19, 2026