Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202007-3

Severity: Medium
Date : 2020-07-31
CVE-ID : CVE-2020-12740
Package : tcpreplay
Type : information disclosure
Remote : No
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1154

Summary

The package tcpreplay before version 4.3.3-1 is vulnerable to
information disclosure.

Resolution

Upgrade to 4.3.3-1.

pacman -Syu “tcpreplay>=4.3.3-1”

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 4.3.3.

Workaround

None.

Description

tcprewrite in Tcpreplay through 4.3.2 has a heap-based buffer over-read
during a get_c operation. The issue is being triggered in the function
get_ipv6_next() at common/get.c.

Impact

A remote attacker is able to disclose information on the affected host
with a crafted pcap file.

References

https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/issues/576
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-12740