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Tcptrack Command Line Parsing Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Buffer overflow

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

13 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

This host is installed with Tcptrack and is prone to heap based buffer overflow vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

The flaw is caused due to error in command line parsing, it is not properly handling long command line argument.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Tcptrack version prior to 1.4.2

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to Tcptrack 1.4.2 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)