From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Wed Oct 06 2004 - 03:20:44 CDT

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TITLE:
Gentoo update for netkit-telnetd

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA12741

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12741/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for netkit-telnetd. This fixes a
vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a
DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable
system.

For more information:
SA12608

SOLUTION:
Update to "net-misc/netkit-telnetd-0.17-r4" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200410-03.xml

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA12608:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12608/

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