GLSA 202105-21: Tcpreplay: Multiple vulnerabilities
Severity: | low |
Title: | Tcpreplay: Multiple vulnerabilities |
Date: | 05/26/2021 |
Bugs: |
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ID: | 202105-21 |
Synopsis
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Tcpreplay, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.Background
Tcpreplay is a suite of utilities for UNIX systems for editing and replaying network traffic which was previously captured by tools like tcpdump and ethereal/wireshark.
Affected packages
Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
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net-analyzer/tcpreplay | < 4.3.4 | >= 4.3.4 | All supported architectures |
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Tcpreplay. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact
A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted network capture file using Tcpreplay, possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Tcpreplay users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/tcpreplay-4.3.4"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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