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Gentoo: GLSA-202105-21 Low: Tcpreplay Denial Of Service Issues

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Calendar Grey May 26, 2021
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Multiple issues in Tcpreplay for Gentoo may lead to Denial of Service. Upgrade to mitigate the risk from these flaws.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Tcpreplay, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Tcpreplay. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo security issue software update multiple issues low severity Denial of Service tcpreplay

Resolution

All Tcpreplay users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/tcpreplay-4.3.4"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-24265 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24265 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-24266 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24266

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-21
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

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Severity: Low
Title: Tcpreplay: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: May 26, 2021
Bugs: #750344
ID: 202105-21

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo security issue software update multiple issues low severity Denial of Service tcpreplay

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Tcpreplay, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Background

Tcpreplay is a suite of utilities for UNIX systems for editing and replaying network traffic which was previously captured by tools like tcpdump and ethereal/wireshark.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/tcpreplay < 4.3.4 >= 4.3.4

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted network capture file using Tcpreplay, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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