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CVE-2018-20764

A buffer overflow exists in HelpSystems tcpcrypt on Linux, used for BoKS encrypted telnet through BoKS version 6.7.1. Since tcpcrypt is setuid, exploitation leads to privilege esca

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Description

A buffer overflow exists in HelpSystems tcpcrypt on Linux, used for BoKS encrypted telnet through BoKS version 6.7.1. Since tcpcrypt is setuid, exploitation leads to privilege escalation.

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