From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Fri Jun 11 2004 - 09:18:28 CDT

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TITLE:
WinAgents TFTP Server Long Filename Request Denial of Service

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA11840

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/11840/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
From local network

SOFTWARE:
WinAgents TFTP Server 3.x

DESCRIPTION:
Ziv Kamir has reported a vulnerability in WinAgents TFTP Server,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error during the request
handling. This can be exploited to crash the service by requesting an
overly long file name (about 1,000 bytes).

The vulnerability has been reported in version 3.0. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
The vendor will reportedly issue an update in a short time.

Restrict access to the service.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Ziv Kamir

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