NULL Pointer Dereference in Tcpreplay 4.3.1: Denial of Service Vulnerability

NULL Pointer Dereference in Tcpreplay 4.3.1: Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVE-2019-8376 · HIGH Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

An issue was discovered in Tcpreplay 4.3.1. A NULL pointer dereference occurred in the function get_layer4_v6() located at get.c. This 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.

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