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A vulnerability was detected in appneta tcpreplay up to 4.5.1. Impacted is the function tcpedit_post_args of the file /src/tcpedit/parse_args.c. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack is only possible with local access. The exploit is now public and may be used. Upgrading to version 4.5.2-beta2 is recommended to address this issue. Upgrading the affected component is advised. The vendor explains, that he was "[a]ble to reproduce in 6fcbf03 but not in 4.5.2-beta2".

Es wurde eine Schwachstelle in appneta tcpreplay bis 4.5.1 entdeckt. Betroffen ist die Funktion tcpedit_post_args der Datei /src/tcpedit/parse_args.c. Dank Manipulation mit unbekannten Daten kann eine null pointer dereference-Schwachstelle ausgenutzt werden. Der Angriff muss lokal passieren. Die Schwachstelle wurde öffentlich offengelegt und könnte ausgenutzt werden. Das Aktualisieren auf Version 4.5.2-beta2 kann dieses Problem lösen. Es wird geraten, die betroffene Komponente zu aktualisieren.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-08-23 | Published 2025-08-24 | Updated 2025-08-25 | Assigner VulDB




MEDIUM: 4.8CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
LOW: 3.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
LOW: 3.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
1.7AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C

Problem types

NULL Pointer Dereference

Denial of Service

Product status

4.5.0
affected

4.5.1
affected

4.5.2-beta2
unaffected

Timeline

2025-08-23:Advisory disclosed
2025-08-23:VulDB entry created
2025-08-23:VulDB entry last update

Credits

HeureuxBuilding (VulDB User) reporter

References

vuldb.com/?id.321217 (VDB-321217 | appneta tcpreplay parse_args.c tcpedit_post_args null pointer dereference) vdb-entry technical-description

vuldb.com/?ctiid.321217 (VDB-321217 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA)) signature permissions-required

vuldb.com/?submit.630496 (Submit #630496 | tcpreplay tcprewrite tcpreplay version 6fcbf03 (the newest master in https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay) Null Pointer Dereference) third-party-advisory

github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/issues/971 issue-tracking

github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/issues/971 issue-tracking

drive.google.com/...ULLz_rnIyL410DJqO_hBtw_/view?usp=sharing exploit

cve.org (CVE-2025-9384)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-9384)

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