Service crash via oversized DNS label
Published Feb 12, 2025 · Updated Feb 12, 2025
Denial of service in the DNS handler of Philippe Jounin Tftpd64 4.64 allows remote attackers to terminate the application via UDP. A DNS query containing a single 132-byte label passes invalid values to rep movsb, causing the process to terminate. The attack requires adjacent-network access to UDP port 53; DNS is enabled by default, and the crash interrupts the bundled services.
Summary
What happened
Denial of service in the DNS handler of Philippe Jounin Tftpd64 4.64 allows remote attackers to terminate the application via UDP. A DNS query containing a single 132-byte label passes invalid values to rep movsb, causing the process to terminate. The attack requires adjacent-network access to UDP port 53; DNS is enabled by default, and the crash interrupts the bundled services.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-1207
- Published
- Feb 12, 2025
- Updated
- Feb 12, 2025
- Vendor
- Philippe Jounin
- Product
- Tftpd64
- Classifications
- CWE-404, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 12, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 12, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=4.64
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Public exploit references
- TFTPD64_DOS poc.pyproof of concept · unverified
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