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FreeBSD Telnet Service Encryption Key ID Buffer Overflow

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FreeBSD Telnet Service Encryption Key ID Buffer Overflow

Disclosed
12/23/2011
Created
05/30/2018

Description

This module exploits a buffer overflow in the encryption option handler of the FreeBSD telnet service.

Author(s)

  • Jaime Penalba Estebanez <jpenalbae@gmail.com>
  • Brandon Perry <bperry.volatile@gmail.com>
  • Dan Rosenberg
  • hdm <x@hdm.io>

Platform

BSD

Development

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':

msf > use exploit/freebsd/telnet/telnet_encrypt_keyid
msf exploit(telnet_encrypt_keyid) > show targets
    ...targets...
msf exploit(telnet_encrypt_keyid) > set TARGET < target-id >
msf exploit(telnet_encrypt_keyid) > show options
    ...show and set options...
msf exploit(telnet_encrypt_keyid) > exploit

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