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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 20, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2005-2040

CVE-2005-2040

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the getterminaltype function in telnetd for Heimdal before 0.6.5 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-0468 and CVE-2005-0469.

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Affected products

14
  • Telnetd/Telnetd13 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:telnetd:telnetd:0.3f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 12 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:telnetd:telnetd:0.3f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:telnetd:telnetd:0.4a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:telnetd:telnetd:0.4b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:telnetd:telnetd:0.4c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:telnetd:telnetd:0.4d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:telnetd:telnetd:0.4e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:telnetd:telnetd:0.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:telnetd:telnetd:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:telnetd:telnetd:0.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:telnetd:telnetd:0.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:telnetd:telnetd:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:telnetd:telnetd:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:telnetd:telnetd:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Heimdal/Heimdalllm-fuzzy
    Range: <0.6.5

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