> USN-7992-2: Inetutils vulnerability
[DATE: 18/02/2026 17:02]
[LANGUAGE: EN]
USN-7992-1 fixed vulnerabilities in telnetd in Inetutils. This update
provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS,
and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
Kyu Neushwaistein discovered that telnetd in Inetutils incorrectly handled
certain environment variables. A remote attacker could use this issue to
bypass authentication and open a session as an administrator.