Vulnerabilities > CVE-2004-1485 - Remote Buffer Overflow vulnerability in InetUtils TFTP Client

047910
CVSS 7.5 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
low complexity
gnu
tftp

Summary

Buffer overflow in the TFTP client in InetUtils 1.4.2 allows remote malicious DNS servers to execute arbitrary code via a large DNS response that is handled by the gethostbyname function.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Gnu
1
Application
Tftp
5