Use After Free Affecting tcpreplay package, versions <4.2.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-TCPREPLAY-1190270
- published10 Sept 2020
- disclosed17 Oct 2018
Introduced: 17 Oct 2018
CVE-2018-18408 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:18.04 tcpreplay to version 4.2.6-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 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:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
A use-after-free was discovered in the tcpbridge binary of Tcpreplay 4.3.0 beta1. The issue gets triggered in the function post_args() at tcpbridge.c, causing a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2018-18408
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4V3SADKXUSHWTVAPU3WLXBDEQUHRA6ZO/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MLPY6W7Z7G6PF2JN4LXXHCACYLD4RBG6/
- https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/issues/489
- https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/blob/master/tcpreplay/README.md#use-after-free-in-post_args
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4V3SADKXUSHWTVAPU3WLXBDEQUHRA6ZO/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MLPY6W7Z7G6PF2JN4LXXHCACYLD4RBG6/