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CVE-2009-2958

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2009-09-02	dnsmasq -- TFTP server remote code injection vulnerability

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CVE-2009-2958 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2009-2958
Phase	Assigned(20090824)

Description

The tftp_request function in tftp.c in dnsmasq before 2.50, when --enable-tftp is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via a TFTP read (aka RRQ) request with a malformed blksize option.

References

Source	Reference
MISC	http://www.coresecurity.com/content/dnsmasq-vulnerabilities
CONFIRM	http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/CHANGELOG
CONFIRM	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=519020
REDHAT	RHSA-2010:0095
REDHAT	RHSA-2009:1238
UBUNTU	USN-827-1
BID	36120
OVAL	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9816
SECUNIA	36563