Topic ===== remote root exploit in in.telnetd Problem Description ===== Linux' telnet daemon versions <= 0.17 is vulnerable to a remote root exploit. Exploit code has just been published. Immediate ...

Hackers are circulating a worm that can hijack systems running Sun Solaris 10’s Telnet daemon, security companies said today as they bumped up warnings to the red line. The appearance of the worm ...

Amidst reports on a worm squirming through a code execution hole in the Solaris 10/11 telnet daemon (in.telnetd), Sun Microsystem has released an inoculation script for systems that might still be ...

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Sun Microsystems Tuesday patched a critical bug that could let attackers snatch control of Solaris 10 systems by sending simple commands to the Telnet daemon. The fix comes just three days after ...

Security experts are warning of a zero-day vulnerability with Sun’s Solaris 10 and 11 OSes. Exploit code has been posted on the Internet, and no special tools are required to take advantage of it, ...

A major flaw in Solaris 10’s telnet application can be easily exploited, security researchers said today. Exploit code, meanwhile, has already been publicly posted. According to both the SANS ...

Microsoft has warned of vulnerabilities in its Exchange 2000 server software and Telnet remote-access service that could open the doors to malicious hackers. The Exchange bug could allow hackers to ...

Sun Microsystems, Secunia, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team and other security agencies have issued alerts for a somewhat oxymoronic telnet vulnerability in the Sun Solaris 10 ...

The security dudes have been badmouthing telnet for a couple of decades now, reminding us that this old time tool for connecting to remote systems exposes our passwords to the snooping masses. But the ...

On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 12:21:33PM -0700, Martin Siegert wrote: > Topic > ===== > remote root exploit in in.telnetd RedHat and Caldera have issued new telnet packages that fix the remote root exploit.