CVE-2005-2040
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
02 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
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
- 2.84% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.4% 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
- 2005-06-21 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 22:15Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-06-21
- 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
- 812e5f1d88cabc736aec87187d0c1e17e467c56ea00fa468e1167ac5d3b9f956
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.pdc.kth.sehttp://www.pdc.kth.se/heimdal/advisory/2005-06-20/
- www.debian.orgDSA-758http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-758
- secunia.com15718http://secunia.com/advisories/15718
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200506-24http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-24.xml
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2005:040http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_40_heimdal.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- heimdal Fixed in 0.6.3-11
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- heimdal Fixed in 0.6.3-11
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- heimdal Fixed in 0.6.3-11
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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