CVE-2022-27939 Denial of service in n/a
A reachable assertion in Tcpreplay allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted network packets.
- 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-2022-27939?
CVE-2022-27939 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Broadcom Tcpreplay, published on 26 Mar 2022. 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
tcprewrite in Tcpreplay 4.4.1 has a reachable assertion in get_layer4_v6 in common/get.c.
Weakness: CWE-617
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-27939?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Broadcom Tcpreplay, Fedoraproject Fedora.
How do I fix CVE-2022-27939?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-27939 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-27939 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Broadcom Tcpreplay
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-27939, GHSA-xx6r-3qqr-wh55.