Memory leak in Tcpreplay - CVE-2022-28487
Published: October 18, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU68403
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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-2022-28487
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Tcpreplay
Tcpreplay
Software vendor:
AppNeta
AppNeta
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the fix_ipv6_checksums() function in tcpreplay. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/pull/720
- https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/issues/723
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ECRCFJ6X3IVB7BT4KS6AHQMSL532YXYD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5B75AFRJUGOYHCFG2ZV2JKSUPA6MSCT5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JWRZO7BG6DHA5NAC3COB45WFXLYRIERC/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-08