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

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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
09/28/2018
Created
03/29/2023
Added
03/22/2023
Modified
05/01/2023

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(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-tcpreplay

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