security flaw
Published Jun 14, 2005
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 17.12%
Description
Certain BSD-based Telnet clients, including those used on Solaris and SuSE Linux, allow remote malicious Telnet servers to read sensitive environment variables via the NEW-ENVIRON option with a SEND ENV_USERVAR command.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 5.1.2600.2180
- 1.3.4
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
krb5-0:1.2.7-47
Fixed · RHSA-2005:562
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
telnet-1:0.17-26.EL3.3
Fixed · RHSA-2005:504
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
telnet-1:0.17-31.EL4.3
Fixed · RHSA-2005:504
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | krb5-0:1.2.7-47 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:562 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | telnet-1:0.17-26.EL3.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:504 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | telnet-1:0.17-31.EL4.3 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:504 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 17.12% (0.17123) | 97.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 16.81% (0.16815) | 96.64th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 9, 2026 | 11.68% (0.11677) | 93.73th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 13, 2025 | 10.25% (0.10248) | 92.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 15.04% (0.15045) | 94.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 21.95% (0.21945) | 93.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 15.04% (0.15045) | 93.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 16.15% (0.16149) | 94.31th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.11% (0.01112) | 85.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 21, 2024 | 1.11% (0.01112) | 84.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 4, 2023 | 0.79% (0.00786) | 79.41th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.56% (0.00555) | 74.12th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.73% (0.12732) | 95.57th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 12.73% (0.12732) | 95.19th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 12.73% (0.12732) | 90.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (23)
- http://idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=260&type=vulnerabilities third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17135 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21253 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014203 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101665-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101671-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57755-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTPatchVendor Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57761-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/800829 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_16_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-504.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-562.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13940 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-214A.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-0488 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617531 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0488
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11373 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1139 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-0488
Change history (0)
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