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From: Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202105-21 ] Tcpreplay: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Wed, 26 May 2021 09:44:46
Message-Id: d2481b9f-ab9b-5dd8-2839-710cd000452b@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202105-21
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7 Severity: Low
8 Title: Tcpreplay: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: May 26, 2021
10 Bugs: #750344
11 ID: 202105-21
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Tcpreplay, the worst of
19 which could result in a Denial of Service condition.
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21 Background
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24 Tcpreplay is a suite of utilities for UNIX systems for editing and
25 replaying network traffic which was previously captured by tools like
26 tcpdump and ethereal/wireshark.
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28 Affected packages
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32 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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34 1 net-analyzer/tcpreplay < 4.3.4 >= 4.3.4
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36 Description
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39 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Tcpreplay. Please
40 review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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42 Impact
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45 A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted
46 network capture file using Tcpreplay, possibly resulting in a Denial of
47 Service condition.
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49 Workaround
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52 There is no known workaround at this time.
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54 Resolution
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57 All Tcpreplay users should upgrade to the latest version:
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59 # emerge --sync
60 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/tcpreplay-4.3.4"
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62 References
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65 [ 1 ] CVE-2020-24265
66 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24265
67 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-24266
68 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24266
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70 Availability
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73 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
74 the Gentoo Security Website:
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76 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202105-21
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78 Concerns?
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81 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
82 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
83 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
84 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
85 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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87 License
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90 Copyright 2021 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
91 belongs to its owner(s).
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93 The contents of this document are licensed under the
94 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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96 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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