Security Advisory

CVE-2018-20764

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2019-02-08 17:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-05 12:12:27
Assigner mitre
State PUBLISHED

Description

A buffer overflow exists in HelpSystems tcpcrypt on Linux, used for BoKS encrypted telnet through BoKS version 6.7.1. Since tcpcrypt is setuid, exploitation leads to privilege escalation.