Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202007-3
========================================
Severity: Medium
Date    : 2020-07-31
CVE-ID  : CVE-2020-12740
Package : tcpreplay
Type    : information disclosure
Remote  : No
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1154

Summary
======
The package tcpreplay before version 4.3.3-1 is vulnerable to
information disclosure.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 4.3.3-1.

# pacman -Syu "tcpreplay>=4.3.3-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 4.3.3.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
tcprewrite in Tcpreplay through 4.3.2 has a heap-based buffer over-read
during a get_c operation. The issue is being triggered in the function
get_ipv6_next() at common/get.c.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker is able to disclose information on the affected host
with a crafted pcap file.

References
=========
https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/issues/576
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-12740

ArchLinux: 202007-3: tcpreplay: information disclosure

July 31, 2020

Summary

tcprewrite in Tcpreplay through 4.3.2 has a heap-based buffer over-read during a get_c operation. The issue is being triggered in the function get_ipv6_next() at common/get.c.

Resolution

Upgrade to 4.3.3-1. # pacman -Syu "tcpreplay>=4.3.3-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 4.3.3.

References

https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/issues/576 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-12740

Severity
Package : tcpreplay
Type : information disclosure
Remote : No
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1154

Workaround

None.

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