SB2019031515 - Segmentation fault in tcpreplay (Alpine package)
Published: March 15, 2019
Security Bulletin ID
SB2019031515
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Segmentation fault (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-8381)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an invalid memory access condition that exists in the do_checksumfunction, as defined in the checksum.c source code file. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted packet capture (pcap) file to the tcpreplay-edit binary, trigger a segmentation fault and cause a DoS condition.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.