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Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Subject: Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 15:32:51 -0400
Hi Folks,
I've run a scan on one of our devices and the report highlighted a
security hole in the telnet server (TCP port 23). It  reported the
following: 
"The Telnet server does not return an expected number of replies when it
receives a long sequence of 'Are You There' commands. This probably
means it overflows one of its internal buffers and crashes. It is likely
an attacker could abuse this bug to gain control over the remote host's
super user."
However, the box didn't crash! Is it still a high vulnerability?

Thanks,


Bilal Nasrallah
Network Management Engineering
Information Services
Nortel
ESN 393-3791 or (613) 763-3791
Mailstop 04351M18 Ottawa, Ontario
Email: bilaln@nortel.com

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