CVE-2026-19720

Publication date 17 August 2026

Last updated 11 September 2026


Ubuntu priority

Description

talkd buffer overflow with long DNS names

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
inetutils 26.04 LTS resolute
Needs evaluation
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation

Notes


mdeslaur

talkd is in the inetutils-talkd binary package in Universe. Nobody should be running this ancient daemon in production.

Patch details

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