Out-of-bounds Read Affecting tcpflow package, versions <1.4.4+repack1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-TCPFLOW-345261
- published17 Oct 2018
- disclosed17 Oct 2018
Introduced: 17 Oct 2018
CVE-2018-18409 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 tcpflow to version 1.4.4+repack1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tcpflow package and not the tcpflow package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 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.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-18409
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-18409
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-18409
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K6MP4YMCJX4ITOBFX427UMOA6E7ZLJDE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MN5FW6HKPDP7PI2IVNMFSQVIDSCQ5BOR/
- https://github.com/simsong/tcpflow/issues/195
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3955-1/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/K6MP4YMCJX4ITOBFX427UMOA6E7ZLJDE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MN5FW6HKPDP7PI2IVNMFSQVIDSCQ5BOR/