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Message-ID: <6d90b416fd9f2e4e8483885a480b390d@risingedge.co.za>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2026 20:24:42 +0200
From: Justin Swartz <justin.swartz@...ingedge.co.za>
To: Oss Security <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: Remote Pre-Auth Buffer Overflow in GNU Inetutils telnetd (LINEMODE
 SLC)

Greetings,

I would like to draw the community's attention to the following
vulnerability [1], summarized as "Remote Pre-Auth Buffer Overflow
in GNU Inetutils telnetd (LINEMODE SLC)", which was reported to
the bug-inetutils mailing list recently.

I am not affiliated with the researchers, inetutils, nor GNU/FSF.

Regards,
Justin

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[1] 
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-inetutils/2026-03/msg00031.html

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