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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-8377: NULL Pointer Dereference

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2019-8377: NULL Pointer Dereference

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/17/2019
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/22/2024

Description

An issue was discovered in Tcpreplay 4.3.1. A NULL pointer dereference occurred in the function get_ipv6_l4proto() located at get.c. This can be triggered by sending a crafted pcap file to the tcpreplay-edit binary. It allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-tcpreplay

References

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