Out-of-bounds Read Affecting tcpflow package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.3% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-TCPFLOW-262946
  • published17 Oct 2018
  • disclosed17 Oct 2018

Introduced: 17 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-18409  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:9 tcpflow.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tcpflow package and not the tcpflow package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

A stack-based buffer over-read exists in setbit() at iptree.h of TCPFLOW 1.5.0, due to received incorrect values causing incorrect computation, leading to denial of service during an address_histogram call or a get_histogram call.