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AbsoluteTelnet 11.24 - 'Username' Denial of Service (PoC)

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

AbsoluteTelnet 11.24 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by manipulating username and error report fields. Attackers can trigger the crash by inserting 1000 characters into the username or email address fields, causing the application to become unresponsive.

Announced Source revision 1
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CVE-2021-47765

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2021-47765

AbsoluteTelnet

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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Prerequisites
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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "vendor": "Celestialsoftware",
    "product": "AbsoluteTelnet",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "11.24"
      }
    ]
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2021-47765

Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

medium

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#5373 · Revision 1
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