PT-2004-2395 · Apache · Inetutils

Published 2004-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2004-1485

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions InetUtils version 1.4.2

Description A buffer overflow issue exists in the TFTP client of InetUtils, allowing remote malicious DNS servers to execute arbitrary code. This occurs when a large DNS response is handled by the gethostbyname function.

Recommendations For InetUtils version 1.4.2, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as using a large DNS response can lead to arbitrary code execution. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-1485

Affected Products

Inetutils

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-1485 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/11527 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17878 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109882085912915&w=2 · Note