CVE-2004-0911 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Debian telnetd service by triggering an invalid pointer free, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2004-0911?
CVE-2004-0911 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Sep 2004. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
telnetd for netkit 0.17 and earlier, and possibly other versions, on Debian GNU/Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (free of an invalid pointer), a different vulnerability than CVE-2001-0554.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0911?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Debian Netkit.
How do I fix CVE-2004-0911?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2004-0911 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0911 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2004-0911, DSA-556-1, DSA-569-1, GHSA-qwfx-f35q-fm98.