Reachable Assertion Affecting atftp package, versions <0.7.git20120829-3.1~0.18.04.1+esm1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.4% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-ATFTP-1130149
  • published1 Jun 2025
  • disclosed10 Sept 2020

Introduced: 10 Sep 2020

CVE-2020-6097  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 atftp to version 0.7.git20120829-3.1~0.18.04.1+esm1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream atftp package and not the atftp package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

An exploitable denial of service vulnerability exists in the atftpd daemon functionality of atftp 0.7.git20120829-3.1+b1. A specially crafted sequence of RRQ-Multicast requests trigger an assert() call resulting in denial-of-service. An attacker can send a sequence of malicious packets to trigger this vulnerability.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1