Sun Microsystems has rushed out patches to fix a code execution hole in the Solaris 10/11 telnet daemon (in.telnetd). The company's fix comes just days after a hacker known as "Kingcope" went public ...

Sun Microsystems, Secunia, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team and other security agencies have issued alerts for a somewhat oxymoronic telnet vulnerability in the Sun Solaris 10 ...

By default the root user cannot telnet to a Solaris box. Root is often prevented from remotely connecting to Unix/Linux boxes in an attempt to prevent some exploits. If root is intentionally prevented ...

Topic ===== remote root exploit in in.telnetd Problem Description ===== Linux' telnet daemon versions <= 0.17 is vulnerable to a remote root exploit. Exploit code has just been published. Immediate ...

Cisco has uncovered a critical vulnerability that affects over 300 models of switches. The security flaw can potentially allow hackers to remotely exploit systems with just a simple command. Cisco ...

It isn't expected to become a monster like Windows-based malware of the past, but security experts say an apparent worm exploiting a recently patched Sun Solaris flaw serves as another reminder to ...

On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 12:21:33PM -0700, Martin Siegert wrote: > Topic > ===== > remote root exploit in in.telnetd RedHat and Caldera have issued new telnet packages that fix the remote root exploit.