CVE-2004-0640
Format string vulnerability in the SSL_set_verify function in telnetd.c for SSLtelnet daemon (SSLtelnetd) 0.13 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
02 Description
Format string vulnerability in the SSL_set_verify function in telnetd.c for SSLtelnet daemon (SSLtelnetd) 0.13 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-07-09 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-07-08
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3c009b853f9c67567d6c8a53336eb8b7409d5297e78f90f1cf1cbf2e36578da0
05 Affected products
06 References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comssltelnetd-format-string(16653)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16653
- www.idefense.comhttp://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=114&type=vulnerabilities
- www.debian.orgDSA-529http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-529
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- netkit-telnet-ssl Fixed in 0.17.24+0.1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- netkit-telnet-ssl Fixed in 0.17.24+0.1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- netkit-telnet-ssl Fixed in 0.17.24+0.1-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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