4881 : BSD Telnet Client Kerberos Session Sniffing
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
1995-02-21

Description

The Berkeley telnet client contains a flaw that may lead to an unauthorized password exposure. It is possible to gain access to encrypted passwords when the telnet client uses kerberos 4, which may lead to a loss of confidentiality, integrity and/or availability.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Cryptographic, Information Disclosure
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality, Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public

Solution

Upgrade to NCSA version 2.6.1d7 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. BSD has also released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products

BSDI

Telnet Client

Unknown or Unspecified

NCSA

Telnet Client

2.6.1d6 and prior

References

Bugtraq ID: 139
CVE ID: 1999-1098 (see also: NVD)
ISS X-Force ID: 516
CERT: CA-1995-03
CIAC Advisory: f-12

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2003-12-31 | Disagree?

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