#VU16967 Out-of-bounds read in Tcpreplay - CVE-2018-20553 

 

#VU16967 Out-of-bounds read in Tcpreplay - CVE-2018-20553

Published: January 14, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU16967
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-20553
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Tcpreplay
Software vendor:
AppNeta

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in get_l2len in common/get.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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