Out-of-bounds read in Tcpreplay - CVE-2018-13112
Published: July 3, 2018 / Updated: June 1, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36985
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-13112
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: AppNeta
Affected software:
Tcpreplay
Tcpreplay
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in get_l2len in common/get.c in Tcpreplay. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) via crafted packets, as demonstrated by tcpprep.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-13112
Install update from vendor's website.