TELNET: Negotiation Error - Unknown Sub-negotiation

This protocol anomaly triggers when it detects an unrecognized TELNET sub-negotiation, for example, a TELNET line-mode option (RFC1184) followed by an unknown line-mode negotiation. This can be a buffer overflow attempt.

Short Name
TELNET:AUDIT:REQ-SUBNEG-UNKNOWN
Severity
Info
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
None
Category
TELNET
Release Date
04/22/2003
Supported Platforms

srx-branch-12.3

srx-19.3

srx-branch-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.2

srx-branch-19.4

vsrx-19.4

mx-12.3

mx-19.4

vmx-19.4

mx-19.3

vsrx3bsd-19.4

srx-19.4

vsrx-12.3

vmx-19.3

vsrx-19.2

srx-12.3

Sigpack Version
3324
False Positive
Unknown

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