Mageia 9: MGASA-2024-0098 Critical: Tcpreplay DoS Attack
mageia
March 28, 2024
Within tcpreplay's tcprewrite, a double free vulnerability has been identified in the tcpedit_dlt_cleanup() function within plugins/dlt_plugins.c
Summary
Within tcpreplay's tcprewrite, a double free vulnerability has been
identified in the tcpedit_dlt_cleanup() function within
plugins/dlt_plugins.c. This vulnerability can be exploited by supplying
a specifically crafted file to the tcprewrite binary. This flaw enables
a local attacker to initiate a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.
(CVE-2023-4256)
Null Pointer Dereference in mask_cidr6 component at cidr.c in Tcpreplay
4.4.4 allows attackers to crash the application via crafted tcprewrite
command. (CVE-2023-43279)
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33013
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EHUILQV2YJI5TXXXJA5FQ2HJQGFT7NTN/
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4256
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-43279
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 9/core/tcpreplay-4.4.3-2.1.mga9
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Publication date: 28 Mar 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0098.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2023-4256,
CVE-2023-43279
Topics Covered
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