PT-2023-9849 · Tcpreplay+4 · Tcpreplay+4

Marsman1996 · Published 2023-03-01 · Updated 2025-01-28 · CVE-2023-27785

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions TCPreplay TCPprep version 4.4.3

Description The issue allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the parse endpoints() function, which is related to pointer dereferencing. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

Recommendations For TCPreplay TCPprep version 4.4.3, consider disabling the parse endpoints() function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to the parse endpoints to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2023-6893

BDU:2025-00904

CVE-2023-27785

MGASA-2023-0188

USN-7231-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Debian

Linuxmint

Tcpreplay

Ubuntu

References · 27

• 🔥 https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/issues/785 · Exploit
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UK2BRH3W3ECF5FDXP6QM3ZEDTHIOE4M5 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2023-0188 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2023-0188.html · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-27789 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/UE3J4LKYFNKPKNSLDQK4JG36THQMQH3V · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-27787 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-27785 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-00904 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R3ER3YTFR3XIDMYEB7LMFWFTPVQALBHC · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-27785 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-27783 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27785 · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UE3J4LKYFNKPKNSLDQK4JG36THQMQH3V · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-27785 · Vendor Advisory