Moderate: tftp security update

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  "id": "8b1b277bd8ee691087ac3e39bce75a914a06880be23ade2b50526f2f2d21cfd5",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALSA-2026%3A78952",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Moderate: tftp security update",
    "summary": "The Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) is typically used only for booting diskless workstations. The tftp packages include the tftp and tftp-server subpackages. The tftp subpackage provides the user interface for TFTP and the tftp-server subpackage provides the server. This allows users to transfer files to and from a remote machine. Security Fix(es): * tftp: tftp-hpa: Denial of Service due to out-of-bounds read/write in remap engine (CVE-2026-85234) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.",
    "evidence": "osv:ALSA-2026:78952",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "tftp",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "5.2-28.el8_10",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "tftp-server",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "5.2-28.el8_10",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "ALSA-2026:78952",
      "aliases": [
        "ALSA-2026:78952"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "5.2-28.el8_10"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "tftp",
            "purl": "pkg:rpm/almalinux/tftp",
            "ecosystem": "AlmaLinux:8"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2026:78952.json"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "5.2-28.el8_10"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "tftp-server",
            "purl": "pkg:rpm/almalinux/tftp-server",
            "ecosystem": "AlmaLinux:8"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2026:78952.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-09T12:00:04.181707134Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:78952",
        "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-85234",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2460997",
        "https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-78952.html"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 120645,
  "published_at": "2026-10-08T00:00:00+00:00"
}