Rule Category

PROTOCOL-TELNET -- Snort has detected traffic that may indicate the presence of the telnet protocol or vulnerabilities in the telnet protocol on the network.

Alert Message

PROTOCOL-TELNET login buffer overflow attempt

Rule Explanation

Buffer overflow in login in various System V based operating systems allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a large number of arguments through services such as telnet and rlogin. Impact: CVSS base score 10.0 CVSS impact score 10.0 CVSS exploitability score 10.0 confidentialityImpact COMPLETE integrityImpact COMPLETE availabilityImpact COMPLETE Details: Ease of Attack:

What To Look For

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Known Usage

No public information

False Positives

No known false positives

Contributors

Talos research team. This document was generated from data supplied by the national vulnerability database, a product of the national institute of standards and technology. For more information see [nvd].

Rule Groups

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CVE

Rule Vulnerability

CVE Additional Information

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CVE-2001-0797
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