CVE-2019-8381 Memory corruption in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service via segmentation fault by sending a crafted pcap file to the tcpreplay-edit binary.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-8381?
CVE-2019-8381 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Broadcom Tcpreplay, published on 17 Feb 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Tcpreplay 4.3.1. An invalid memory access occurs in do_checksum in checksum.c. It can be triggered by sending a crafted pcap file to the tcpreplay-edit binary. It allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service (Segmentation fault) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-8381?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Broadcom Tcpreplay, Fedoraproject Fedora.
How do I fix CVE-2019-8381?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2019-8381 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-8381 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Broadcom Tcpreplay
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-8381, GHSA-2rfp-698j-hfvq, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-8381.