CVE-2020-37166

AbsoluteTelnet 11.12 - 'SSH2/username' Denial of Service

CVSS 6.9 MEDIUMEPSS 0.2%CWE-120

AbsoluteTelnet 11.12 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the SSH2 username input field that allows local attackers to crash the application. Attackers can overwrite the username field with a 1000-byte buffer, causing the application to become unresponsive and terminate.

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected products

Celestial Software · AbsoluteTelnet

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References

https://www.celestialsoftware.net/https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48010 https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/absolutetelnet-sshusername-denial-of-service