# CVE-2005-4882: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash the Tftpd32 daemon by sending a TFTP read request with an excessively long filename.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Nov 2009
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-35x5-8hjg-m53r

## What is CVE-2005-4882?

CVE-2005-4882 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Nov 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

tftpd in Philippe Jounin Tftpd32 2.74 and earlier, as used in Wyse Simple Imager (WSI) and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long filename in a TFTP read (aka RRQ or get) request, a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-2226.

Weakness: CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-4882?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Philippe Jounin Tftpd32.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-4882?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-4882 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2005-4882 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-4882 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2013-6809](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6809/): Other in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2006-6141](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-6141/): Memory corruption in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2006-0328](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0328/): Memory corruption in n/a (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2005-4883](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-4883/): Race condition in n/a (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-4882 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-4882 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Nov 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-4882 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-4882/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-4882/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-4882
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4882
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-4882

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