CVE-2007-3268 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the TFTP service and cause outages by sending a malformed block size request, requiring a patch for IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2007-3268?
CVE-2007-3268 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Jul 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The TFTP implementation in IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager for OS Deployment 5.1 before Fix Pack 3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (rembo.exe crash and multiple service outage) via a read (RRQ) request with an invalid blksize (blocksize), which triggers a divide-by-zero error.
Weakness: CWE-369
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-3268?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Tivoli Provisioning Manager Os Deployment.
How do I fix CVE-2007-3268?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-3268 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2007-3268 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-3268 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9q64-vqcr-hw99.