CVE-2004-1485 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2005-02-13

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 1.6% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gnu:inetutils:1.4.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:tftp:tftp:0.29:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:tftp:tftp:0.32:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:tftp:tftp:0.34:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:tftp:tftp:0.36:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:tftp:tftp:0.38:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-1479	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01636.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109882085912915&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11527
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17878

History

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Subscriptions

Gnu Inetutils

Tftp Tftp

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-13T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:53:24.119Z

Reserved: 2005-02-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-1485

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2004-1485

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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