RedHat: RHSA-2020-1342:01 Important: telnet security update
Summary
Telnet is a popular protocol for logging in to remote systems over the
Internet. The telnet-server packages include a telnet service that supports
remote logins into the host machine. The telnet service is disabled by
default.
Security Fix(es):
* telnet-server: no bounds checks in nextitem() function allows to remotely
execute arbitrary code (CVE-2020-10188)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10188 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.0):
Source:
telnet-0.17-73.el8_0.1.src.rpm
aarch64:
telnet-0.17-73.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm
telnet-debuginfo-0.17-73.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm
telnet-debugsource-0.17-73.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm
telnet-server-0.17-73.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm
telnet-server-debuginfo-0.17-73.el8_0.1.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
telnet-0.17-73.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm
telnet-debuginfo-0.17-73.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm
telnet-debugsource-0.17-73.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm
telnet-server-0.17-73.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm
telnet-server-debuginfo-0.17-73.el8_0.1.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
telnet-0.17-73.el8_0.1.s390x.rpm
telnet-debuginfo-0.17-73.el8_0.1.s390x.rpm
telnet-debugsource-0.17-73.el8_0.1.s390x.rpm
telnet-server-0.17-73.el8_0.1.s390x.rpm
telnet-server-debuginfo-0.17-73.el8_0.1.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
telnet-0.17-73.el8_0.1.x86_64.rpm
telnet-debuginfo-0.17-73.el8_0.1.x86_64.rpm
telnet-debugsource-0.17-73.el8_0.1.x86_64.rpm
telnet-server-0.17-73.el8_0.1.x86_64.rpm
telnet-server-debuginfo-0.17-73.el8_0.1.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
An update for telnet is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0Update Services for SAP Solutions.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.0) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1811673 - CVE-2020-10188 telnet-server: no bounds checks in nextitem() function allows to remotely execute arbitrary code