Bug 1646407 (CVE-2018-18408) - CVE-2018-18408 tcpreplay: use-after-free in post_args function in tcpbridge.c
Summary: CVE-2018-18408 tcpreplay: use-after-free in post_args function in tcpbridge.c
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2018-18408
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1646408 1646410
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2018-11-05 14:20 UTC by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2019-09-29 15:01 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: tcpreplay 4.3
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Last Closed: 2019-06-10 10:41:46 UTC
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Description Laura Pardo 2018-11-05 14:20:08 UTC 
A use-after-free was discovered in the tcpbridge binary of Tcpreplay 4.3.0 beta1. The issue gets triggered in the function post_args() at tcpbridge.c, causing a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact. 


References:
https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/issues/489 
https://github.com/SegfaultMasters/covering360/blob/master/tcpreplay/README.md#use-after-free-in-post_args

Upstream Patch:
https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/pull/497
Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2018-11-05 14:20:33 UTC 
Created tcpreplay tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-all [bug 1646408]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1646410]
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-10 10:41:46 UTC 
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.
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