debian · CVE-2020-10188

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Priority: not yet assigned Published: Updated: Tue, 07 Jul 2026 02:04:12 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2020-10188 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 3 source packages (inetutils, netkit-telnet, netkit-telnet-ssl), 11 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 11.

Description:

utility.c in telnetd in netkit telnet through 0.17 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via short writes or urgent data, because of a buffer overflow involving the netclear and nextitem functions.

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