Fedora 23 update for tcpreplay

1) Buffer overflow

EUVDB-ID: #VU53699

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6160

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in tcprewrite in tcpreplay when processing network traffic. A remote attacker can send traffic data with a large frame, trigger segmentation fault and crash the application.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 23

tcpreplay: before 4.1.1-2.fc23

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:tcpreplay:*:*:*:*:*:fedora:*:*

External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-72dae8ea7e

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.