CVE-2022-39028

inetutils: telnetd in GNU Inetutils through 2.3, MIT krb5-appl through 1.0.3, and derivative works has a NULL pointer dereferenc...

CVE-2022-39028 is fixed in 12 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2022-39028, released August 30, 2022. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.5
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0235
83rd percentile

telnetd in GNU Inetutils through 2.3, MIT krb5-appl through 1.0.3, and derivative works has a NULL pointer dereference via 0xff 0xf7 or 0xff 0xf8. In a typical installation, the telnetd application would crash but the telnet service would remain available through inetd. However, if the telnetd application has many crashes within a short time interval, the telnet service would become unavailable after inetd logs a "telnet/tcp server failing (looping), service terminated" error. NOTE: MIT krb5-appl is not supported upstream but is shipped by a few Linux distributions. The affected code was removed from the supported MIT Kerberos 5 (aka krb5) product many years ago, at version 1.8.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
inetutils · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 2:2.3-5 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-39028 Aug 30, 2022
inetutils · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 2:2.3-5 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-39028 Aug 30, 2022
inetutils · Debian 14 2:2.3-5 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-39028 Aug 30, 2022
inetutils-ftp · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 inetutils-ftp 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-ftp · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2 inetutils-ftp 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-ftp · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1 inetutils-ftp 2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-ftpd · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 inetutils-ftpd 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-ftpd · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2 inetutils-ftpd 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-ftpd · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1 inetutils-ftpd 2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-inetd · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 inetutils-inetd 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-inetd · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2 inetutils-inetd 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-inetd · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1 inetutils-inetd 2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-ping · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 inetutils-ping 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-ping · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2 inetutils-ping 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-ping · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1 inetutils-ping 2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-syslogd · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 inetutils-syslogd 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-syslogd · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2 inetutils-syslogd 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-syslogd · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1 inetutils-syslogd 2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-talk · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 inetutils-talk 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-talk · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2 inetutils-talk 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-talk · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1 inetutils-talk 2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-talkd · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 inetutils-talkd 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-talkd · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2 inetutils-talkd 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-talkd · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1 inetutils-talkd 2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-telnet · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 inetutils-telnet 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-telnet · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2 inetutils-telnet 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-telnet · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1 inetutils-telnet 2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-telnetd · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 inetutils-telnetd 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-telnetd · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2 inetutils-telnetd 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-telnetd · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1 inetutils-telnetd 2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-tools · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 inetutils-tools 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-tools · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2 inetutils-tools 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-tools · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1 inetutils-tools 2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-traceroute · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 inetutils-traceroute 2:1.9.4-3ubuntu0.1+esm2 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-traceroute · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2 inetutils-traceroute 2:1.9.4-11ubuntu0.2 Aug 13, 2023
inetutils-traceroute · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1 inetutils-traceroute 2:2.2-2ubuntu0.1 Aug 13, 2023

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