CVE-2023-40478

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Aunque se requiere autenticaci\u00f3n para aprovechar esta vulnerabilidad, se puede omitir el mecanismo de autenticaci\u00f3n existente. La falla espec\u00edfica existe dentro del servicio CLI de telnet, que escucha en el puerto TCP 23. El problema se debe a la falta de una validaci\u00f3n adecuada de la longitud de los datos proporcionados por el usuario antes de copiarlos en un b\u00fafer basado en pila de longitud fija. Un atacante puede aprovechar esta vulnerabilidad para ejecutar c\u00f3digo en el contexto de la ra\u00edz. 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