Use-after-free in tcpslice - CVE-2021-41043

 

Use-after-free in tcpslice - CVE-2021-41043

Published: February 7, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU86208
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-41043
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error in AddressSanitizer. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.



Affected software

tcpslice
Juniper Secure Analytics (JSA)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
tcpdump (Red Hat package)
tcpdump
tcpdump-doc
Submariner
IBM Security Verify Governance
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
IBM Qradar SIEM

How to mitigate CVE-2021-41043

Install updates from vendor's website.

tcpslice - update to 1.5
Juniper Secure Analytics (JSA) - update to 7.5.0 UP8 IF03
Submariner - update to 0.18.5
tcpdump (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 4.9.3-3.el8_8.1, 4.9.3-3.el8_9.1, 4.99.0-6.el9_2.1, 4.99.0-9.el9
tcpdump - update to 4.9.3-4.0.1
tcpdump-doc - update to 4.9.3-4.0.1
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - addressed in versions 4.16.15, 4.17.0
IBM Qradar SIEM - update to 7.5.0 Update Pack 8 IF01
IBM Security Verify Governance - update to 10.0.2.0.4

External References

Related Security Bulletins