PT-1999-1317 · Linux · In.Telnetd

Published 1999-08-19 · Updated 2008-09-09 · CVE-1999-0740

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions in.telnetd (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service on Linux through a malformed TERM environmental variable.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-0740

Affected Products

In.Telnetd

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0740 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/594 · Note