Debian Security Advisory

DSA-314-1 atftp -- buffer overflow

Date Reported:

11 Jun 2003

Affected Packages:

atftp

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CAN-2003-0380.

More information:

Rick Patel discovered that atftpd is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when a long filename is sent to the server. An attacker could exploit this bug remotely to execute arbitrary code on the server.

For the stable distribution (woody), this problem has been fixed in version 0.6.1.1.0woody1.

The old stable distribution (potato) does not contain an atftp package.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem will be fixed soon.

We recommend that you update your atftp package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)

Source:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/atftp/atftp_0.6.0woody1.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/atftp/atftp_0.6.0woody1.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/atftp/atftp_0.6.0woody1_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/atftp/atftpd_0.6.0woody1_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/atftp/atftp_0.6.0woody1_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/atftp/atftpd_0.6.0woody1_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/atftp/atftp_0.6.0woody1_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/atftp/atftpd_0.6.0woody1_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/atftp/atftp_0.6.0woody1_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/atftp/atftpd_0.6.0woody1_ia64.deb

HPPA:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/atftp/atftp_0.6.0woody1_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/atftp/atftpd_0.6.0woody1_hppa.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/atftp/atftp_0.6.0woody1_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/atftp/atftpd_0.6.0woody1_m68k.deb

Big endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/atftp/atftp_0.6.0woody1_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/atftp/atftpd_0.6.0woody1_mips.deb

Little endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/atftp/atftp_0.6.0woody1_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/atftp/atftpd_0.6.0woody1_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/atftp/atftp_0.6.0woody1_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/atftp/atftpd_0.6.0woody1_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/atftp/atftp_0.6.0woody1_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/atftp/atftpd_0.6.0woody1_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/atftp/atftp_0.6.0woody1_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/a/atftp/atftpd_0.6.0woody1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.