CVE-2019-0053
Insufficient validation of environment variables in the telnet client supplied in Junos OS can lead to stack-based buffer overflows, which can be exploited to bypass veriexec restrictions on Junos OS. A stack-based overflow is present in the handling of environment variables when connecting via the telnet client to remote telnet servers. This issue only affects the telnet client — accessible from the CLI or shell — in Junos OS. Inbound telnet services are not affected by this issue. This issue affects: Juniper Networks Junos OS: 12.3 versions prior to 12.3R12-S13; 12.3X48 versions prior to 12.3X48-D80; 14.1X53 versions prior to 14.1X53-D130, 14.1X53-D49; 15.1 versions prior to 15.1F6-S12, 15.1R7-S4; 15.1X49 versions prior to 15.1X49-D170; 15.1X53 versions prior to 15.1X53-D237, 15.1X53-D496, 15.1X53-D591, 15.1X53-D69; 16.1 versions prior to 16.1R3-S11, 16.1R7-S4; 16.2 versions prior to 16.2R2-S9; 17.1 versions prior to 17.1R3; 17.2 versions prior to 17.2R1-S8, 17.2R2-S7, 17.2R3-S1; 17.3 versions prior to 17.3R3-S4; 17.4 versions prior to 17.4R1-S6, 17.4R2-S3, 17.4R3; 18.1 versions prior to 18.1R2-S4, 18.1R3-S3; 18.2 versions prior to 18.2R1-S5, 18.2R2-S2, 18.2R3; 18.2X75 versions prior to 18.2X75-D40; 18.3 versions prior to 18.3R1-S3, 18.3R2; 18.4 versions prior to 18.4R1-S2, 18.4R2.
EPSS 0.12% · 29.8th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS | inetutils | 2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 2:1.9.4-1ubuntu0.1~esm2, 0 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS | inetutils | *, 0, 2:1.9.4-2build1 |
| Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS | inetutils | *, *, 2:1.9.2-1 |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | socks4-server | 0, 4.3.beta2-20 |
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | socks4-server | 0, 4.3.beta2-19, * |
Exploit Intelligence
- A patched Arch Linux PKGBUILD to address CVE-2019-0053 (buffer overflow). Downloads and applies a (currently) unreleased patch from upstream. (github-poc)
- A patched Arch Linux PKGBUILD to address CVE-2019-0053 (buffer overflow). Downloads and applies a (currently) unreleased patch from upstream. (github-poc)
- A patched Arch Linux PKGBUILD to address CVE-2019-0053 (buffer overflow). Downloads and applies a (currently) unreleased patch from upstream. (github-poc)
- A patched Arch Linux PKGBUILD to address CVE-2019-0053 (buffer overflow). Downloads and applies a (currently) unreleased patch from upstream. (github-poc)
- A patched Arch Linux PKGBUILD to address CVE-2019-0053 (buffer overflow). Downloads and applies a (currently) unreleased patch from upstream. (github-poc)
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45982 (nist-nvd)
- CIRCL seen: CVE-2019-0053 (circl-sighting)
- 20190724 FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-19:12.telnet (circl)
- [debian-lts-announce] 20231008 [SECURITY] [DLA 3611-1] inetutils security update (circl)
- [debian-lts-announce] 20221125 [SECURITY] [DLA 3205-1] inetutils security update (circl)
…and 3 more exploits
Timeline
- Jul 11, 2019 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Jun 23, 2021 EPSS Score
- Oct 26, 2021 EPSS Score
- Dec 27, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 28, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 3, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 5, 2022 EPSS Score
- Nov 6, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jan 8, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 11, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-0053 third-party-advisory
- https://www.freebsd.org/security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:12.telnet.asc third-party-advisory
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hackerhouse-opensource/exploits/master/inetutils-telnet.txt third-party-advisory
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/12/14/8 third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-0053 third-party-advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7781-1 vendor-advisory