CVE-2004-1485

N/A

Published: February 13, 2005 at 05:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:07 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorInetutils· also runs on 1 platform

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Inetutils · Gnu

90%

1.4.2

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

Tftp · Tftp

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (3)

Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Source: [email protected]

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109882085912915&w=2

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11527

VDB Entryx_refsource_XF

Source: [email protected]

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17878

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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