Vulnerability · Published May 8, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-12740
Critical 9.1
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in the tcpreplay package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.7% (higher than 77% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)9.1Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)1.7%top 22.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | tcpreplay | 4.3.3-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12740 |
| Debian:13 | tcpreplay | 4.3.3-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12740 |
| Debian:14 | tcpreplay | 4.3.3-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12740 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/issues/576 x_refsource_MISC
- FEDORA-2020-f47830961a vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2020-256ac53cc7 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA