Resource Management Errors Affecting tcpreplay package, versions <3.4.4-2+deb8u1build0.16.04.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.2% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-TCPREPLAY-315897
  • published23 Jan 2017
  • disclosed23 Jan 2017

Introduced: 23 Jan 2017

CVE-2016-6160  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 tcpreplay to version 3.4.4-2+deb8u1build0.16.04.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tcpreplay package and not the tcpreplay package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

tcprewrite in tcpreplay before 4.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a large frame, a related issue to CVE-2017-14266.