CVE-2011-4862

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

95.06% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.8% 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

Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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.

Published

2011-12-25 01:00Z14 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 00:16Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2011-12-19

Assigning CNA

freebsd

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base
• CWE-131Incorrect Calculation of Buffer SizeBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

f9eb40b05cdb49ada58e82f4a636ba9608270012510df35ac57924970ab523a5

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• secunia.com47399http://secunia.com/advisories/47399third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• www.debian.orgDSA-2375http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2375vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:1854http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1854.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2012:0018http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00004.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• archives.neohapsis.com20111226 MITKRB5-SA-2011-008 buffer overflow in telnetd [CVE-2011-4862]http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-12/0172.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• www.debian.orgDSA-2372http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2372vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• secunia.com47359http://secunia.com/advisories/47359third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-17493http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071640.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.freebsd.org[freebsd-security] 20111223 Merry Christmas from the FreeBSD Security Teamhttp://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2011-December/006120.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• secunia.com47374http://secunia.com/advisories/47374third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• lists.freebsd.org[freebsd-security] 20111223 Merry Christmas from the FreeBSD Security Teamhttp://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2011-December/006118.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security.freebsd.orgFreeBSD-SA-11:08http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-11:08.telnetd.ascvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSD
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:0019http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00005.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2011-17492http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-January/071627.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2011:195http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:195vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
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• osvdb.org78020http://osvdb.org/78020vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
• www.securitytracker.com1026463http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026463vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• lists.freebsd.org[freebsd-security] 20111223 Merry Christmas from the FreeBSD Security Teamhttp://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2011-December/006117.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• secunia.com47341http://secunia.com/advisories/47341third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:1852http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1852.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:1853http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1853.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:0051http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00014.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
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• secunia.com46239http://secunia.com/advisories/46239third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2012:0010http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00002.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• secunia.com47397http://secunia.com/advisories/47397third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• secunia.com47373http://secunia.com/advisories/47373third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2012:0056http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00015.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• lists.freebsd.org[freebsd-security] 20111223 Merry Christmas from the FreeBSD Security Teamhttp://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-security/2011-December/006119.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• secunia.com47441http://secunia.com/advisories/47441third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• git.savannah.gnu.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/inetutils.git/commit/?id=665f1e73cdd9b38e2d2e11b8db9958a315935592x_refsource_CONFIRM
• web.mit.eduhttp://web.mit.edu/kerberos/www/advisories/MITKRB5-SA-2011-008.txtx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.redhat.comRHSA-2011:1851http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1851.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.exploit-db.com18280http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18280/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• secunia.com47348http://secunia.com/advisories/47348third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• www.securitytracker.com1026460http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026460vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.debian.orgDSA-2373http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2373vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commultiple-telnetd-bo(71970)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71970vdb-entryx_refsource_XF