Vulnerabilities > CVE-2011-2199 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in H Peter Anvin Tftp-Hpa

047910
CVSS 0.0 - NONE
Attack vector
UNKNOWN
Attack complexity
UNKNOWN
Privileges required
UNKNOWN
Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN
Integrity impact
UNKNOWN
Availability impact
UNKNOWN

Summary

Buffer overflow in tftp-hpa before 5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via the utimeout option.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
H_Peter_Anvin
1

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Nessus

  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_11_4_TFTP-110624.NASL
    descriptionMalicious clients could overflow a buffer in tftpd by specifying a large value for the utimeout option (CVE-2011-2199).
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id76033
    published2014-06-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/76033
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : tftp (openSUSE-SU-2011:0734-1)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from openSUSE Security Update tftp-4783.
    #
    # The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(76033);
      script_version("1.4");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:42");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2011-2199");
    
      script_name(english:"openSUSE Security Update : tftp (openSUSE-SU-2011:0734-1)");
      script_summary(english:"Check for the tftp-4783 patch");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "Malicious clients could overflow a buffer in tftpd by specifying a
    large value for the utimeout option (CVE-2011-2199)."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=699714"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-07/msg00000.html"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected tftp packages.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tftp");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tftp-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:tftp-debugsource");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.4");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2011/06/24");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2014/06/13");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
    if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE");
    if (release !~ "^(SUSE11\.4)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "11.4", release);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if (ourarch !~ "^(i586|i686|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i586 / i686 / x86_64", ourarch);
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE11.4", reference:"tftp-5.0-113.114.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE11.4", reference:"tftp-debuginfo-5.0-113.114.1") ) flag++;
    if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE11.4", reference:"tftp-debugsource-5.0-113.114.1") ) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "tftp / tftp-debuginfo / tftp-debugsource");
    }
    
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_11_TFTP-110624.NASL
    descriptionMalicious clients could overflow a buffer in tftpd by specifying a large value for the utimeout option. (CVE-2011-2199)
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id55503
    published2011-07-05
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/55503
    titleSuSE 11.1 Security Update : tftp (SAT Patch Number 4786)
  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-201206-12.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201206-12 (tftp-hpa: Remote buffer overflow) A vulnerability has been discovered in tftp-hpa. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details. Impact : The vulnerability might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. Workaround : There is no known workaround at this time.
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id59650
    published2012-06-22
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2012-2018 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/59650
    titleGLSA-201206-12 : tftp-hpa: Remote buffer overflow
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_TFTP-7589.NASL
    descriptionMalicious clients could overflow a buffer in tftpd by specifying a large value for the utimeout option. (CVE-2011-2199)
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id55505
    published2011-07-05
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/55505
    titleSuSE 10 Security Update : tftp (ZYPP Patch Number 7589)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_TFTP-7590.NASL
    descriptionMalicious clients could overflow a buffer in tftpd by specifying a large value for the utimeout option. (CVE-2011-2199)
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id57254
    published2011-12-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/57254
    titleSuSE 10 Security Update : tftp (ZYPP Patch Number 7590)
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_11_3_TFTP-110624.NASL
    descriptionMalicious clients could overflow a buffer in tftpd by specifying a large value for the utimeout option (CVE-2011-2199).
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id75756
    published2014-06-13
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2014-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/75756
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : tftp (openSUSE-SU-2011:0734-1)