CVE-2006-0677

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-02-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

telnetd in Heimdal 0.6.x before 0.6.6 and 0.7.x before 0.7.2 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via unknown vectors that trigger a null dereference.

Affected products

Kth Heimdal: 0.6.1, 0.6.2, 0.6.3, 0.6.4, 0.6.5, 0.7.1 (+3)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/18894
http://secunia.com/advisories/18961
http://secunia.com/advisories/19005
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/449
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-977
http://www.osvdb.org/23244
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426043/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16676
http://www.stacken.kth.se/lists/heimdal-discuss/2006-02/msg00028.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-253-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0456
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0628

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