MGASA-2018-0401 - Updated tcpflow packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 19 Oct 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0401.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2018-14938

pdated tcpflow package fixes security vulnerability:

An issue was discovered in wifipcap/wifipcap.cpp in TCPFLOW through
1.5.0-alpha. There is an integer overflow in the function handle_prism
during caplen processing. If the caplen is less than 144, one can cause
an integer overflow in the function handle_80211, which will result in
an out-of-bounds read and may allow access to sensitive memory or a
denial of service (CVE-2018-14938).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23538
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/EFRZCT4UN4QXFPROASMGHI2MZ7OWZVZ2/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14938

SRPMS:
- 6/core/tcpflow-1.5.0-1.mga6

Mageia 2018-0401: tcpflow security update

pdated tcpflow package fixes security vulnerability: An issue was discovered in wifipcap/wifipcap.cpp in TCPFLOW through 1.5.0-alpha

Summary

pdated tcpflow package fixes security vulnerability:
An issue was discovered in wifipcap/wifipcap.cpp in TCPFLOW through 1.5.0-alpha. There is an integer overflow in the function handle_prism during caplen processing. If the caplen is less than 144, one can cause an integer overflow in the function handle_80211, which will result in an out-of-bounds read and may allow access to sensitive memory or a denial of service (CVE-2018-14938).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23538

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/EFRZCT4UN4QXFPROASMGHI2MZ7OWZVZ2/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14938

Resolution

MGASA-2018-0401 - Updated tcpflow packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 6/core/tcpflow-1.5.0-1.mga6

Severity
Publication date: 19 Oct 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0401.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-14938

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