When was CVE-2005-0488 disclosed?

CVE-2005-0488 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 14, 2005, with the most recent update on April 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2005-0488 actively exploited?

CVE-2005-0488 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 93.8% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2005-0488?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2005-0488, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2005-0488

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

Certain BSD-based Telnet clients, including those used on Solaris and SuSE Linux, allow remote malicious Telnet servers to read sensitive environment variables via the NEW-ENVIRON option with a SEND ENV_USERVAR command.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 93.8%
KEV: Not listed

References (38)

cve@mitrehttp://idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=260&type=vulnerabilities
cve@mitrehttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006//Aug/msg00000.html
cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/17135
cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/21253
cve@mitrehttp://securitytracker.com/id?1014203
cve@mitrehttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101665-1
cve@mitrehttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101671-1
cve@mitrehttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57755-1
cve@mitrehttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57761-1
cve@mitrehttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/800829
cve@mitrehttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_16_sr.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-504.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-562.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13940
cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289

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