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Lingering Vulnerability In Telnetd Found

A recently discovered vulnerability in the GNU InetUtils telnetd server has just been revealed. The bug allows a user to obtain root access by passing in a simple environment variable.

Though recently revealed, the bug has been in the code since 2015.

“Do not run a telnetd server at all.” advises Simon Joseffson, one of the patch submitters.

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