vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-5205-1 (CVE-2018-17580): Tcpreplay vulnerabilities

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
Sep 28, 2018
Added
Mar 22, 2023
Modified
Aug 18, 2025

Description

A heap-based buffer over-read exists in the function fast_edit_packet() in the file send_packets.c of Tcpreplay v4.3.0 beta1. This can lead to Denial of Service (DoS) and potentially Information Exposure when the application attempts to process a crafted pcap file.

Solution

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-tcpreplay
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