USN-6334-1: atftp vulnerabilities

Published Sep 4, 2023
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Updated

Peter Wang discovered that atftp did not properly manage certain inputs. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted tftp request to the server to cause a crash. (CVE-2020-6097) Andreas B. Mundt discovered that atftp did not properly manage certain inputs. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted tftp request to the server to cause a crash. (CVE-2021-41054) Johannes Krupp discovered that atftp did not properly manage certain inputs. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted tftp request to the server and make the server to disclose /etc/group data. (CVE-2021-46671)

Affected Software

6 affected componentsFixes available
All of the following
ubuntu/atftpd<0.7.git20120829-3.1ubuntu0.1
0.7.git20120829-3.1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=20.04
All of the following
ubuntu/atftpd<0.7.git20120829-3.1~0.18.04.1+esm1
0.7.git20120829-3.1~0.18.04.1+esm1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=18.04
All of the following
ubuntu/atftpd<0.7.git20120829-3.1~0.16.04.1+esm1
0.7.git20120829-3.1~0.16.04.1+esm1
Ubuntu Ubuntu=16.04

Event History

Sep 4, 2023
Advisory Published
12:00 AM

Child vulnerabilities

Contains the following vulnerabilities.

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID for this advisory?

CVE-2020-6097

2

How can a remote attacker exploit this vulnerability?

By sending a specially crafted tftp request to the server.

3

What is the remedy version for Ubuntu 20.04?

0.7.git20120829-3.1ubuntu0.1

4

What is the remedy version for Ubuntu 18.04?

0.7.git20120829-3.1~0.18.04.1+esm1

5

What is the remedy version for Ubuntu 16.04?

0.7.git20120829-3.1~0.16.04.1+esm1

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