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CVE-2005-0469General(ncsa / telnet)

LOWCVSS 7.5 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

Buffer overflow in the slc_add_reply function in various BSD-based Telnet clients, when handling LINEMODE suboptions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a reply with a large number of Set Local Character (SLC) commands.

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0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Patch / fix
Vendor / third-party advisories
Other references

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • telnet

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • General: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
ncsa
Products
telnet

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-03-15: 103-15
Signal classification1 categories
General
1100.0%
Referenced assets2 URLs
Full discourse1 post
  • LCFR@lcfr_eth
    General

    @dyn___ @nrathaus was a worse bug recently that got most telnet filtered at isp level: https://www.labs.greynoise.io/grimoire/2026-02-10-telnet-falls-silent/ not sure if AI found it ... if it did it missed the second bug from 2005 that's still alive in the gnu telnet client :> https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0469

    Post summary

    A brief mention of a historic telnet bug (CVE‑2005‑0469) is made, but the post provides no technical details, proof of concept, or active exploitation evidence.

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