High severity · published Mar 15, 2017
CVE-2017-6429
Buffer overflow in the tcpcapinfo utility in Tcpreplay before 4.2.0 Beta 1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a pcap file with an over-size packet
7.8
CVSS
2.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Buffer overflow in the tcpcapinfo utility in Tcpreplay before 4.2.0 Beta 1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a pcap file with an over-size packet.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.5% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TC
Tcpreplay · Broadcom
through 4.1.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6429
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6429
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540221/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96579
Patch
https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/commit/d689d14dbcd768c028eab2fb378d849e543dcfe9
Exploit
https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/issues/278
Release Notes
https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/releases/tag/v4.2.0-beta1
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