CVE-2008-1311

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 49.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-03-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The TFTP server in PacketTrap pt360 Tool Suite PRO 2.0.3901.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon hang) by uploading a file named (1) '|' (pipe), (2) '"' (quotation mark), or (3) "<>" (less than, greater than); or (4) a file with a long name. NOTE: the issue for vector 4 might exist because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2008-1312.

Affected products

Packettrap Pt360 Tool Suite Pro: through 2.0.3901.0

References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/packettrash-adv.txt
http://aluigi.org/testz/tftpx.zip
http://secunia.com/advisories/29308
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3734
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489355/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28187
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0811/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41073
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/packettrash-adv.txt
http://aluigi.org/testz/tftpx.zip
http://secunia.com/advisories/29308
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3734

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