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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS USN-4643-1 Critical: atftp Denial Of Service Issue

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Calendar Grey November 24, 2020
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Debian reveals significant security concerns linked to nfs-utils flaws within their 9.0 Stretch release, necessitating immediate patches.
atftp could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

atftp could be made to crash or run programs if it received

specially crafted network traffic.

Software Description:

- atftp: Advanced TFTP Server and Client

Details:

It was discovered that atftp's FTP server did not properly handler certain

input. An attacker could use this to to cause a denial of service (crash)

or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-11365)

It was discovered that atftp's FTP server did not make proper use of

mutexes when locking certain data structures. An attacker could use this to

cause a denial of service via a NULL pointer dereference. (CVE-2019-11366)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical issue ubuntu atftp

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  atftp                           0.7.git20120829-3.1~0.16.04.1
  atftpd                          0.7.git20120829-3.1~0.16.04.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4643-1

CVE-2019-11365, CVE-2019-11366

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November 24, 2020

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security advisory denial of service critical issue ubuntu atftp

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/atftp/0.7.git20120829-3.1~0.16.04.1
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