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Telnet Server
by:
SecurityFocus
2.6
CVSS
LOW
Denial of Service
399
CWE
Product Name: Telnet Server
Affected Version From: N/A
Affected Version To: N/A
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: o:microsoft:telnet_server
Metasploit: N/A
Other Scripts: N/A
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Platforms Tested: Windows
1999

Microsoft Telnetd Denial of Service Vulnerability

A vulnerability exists within Microsoft's Telnetd daemon which allows a denial of service condition. The popular scanning tool, Nmap 2.01 or later can crash telnetd services when using the SYN scanning flag (-sS).

Mitigation:

Upgrade to the latest version of Telnetd.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/140/info

A vulnerability exists within Microsoft's Telnetd daemon which allows a denial of service condition. The popular scanning tool, Nmap 2.01 or later can crash telnetd services when using the SYN scanning flag (-sS).

nmap -sS -p 23 <target>