appneta tcpreplay up to 4.4.4 get.c get_layer4_v6 heap-based overflow

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A vulnerability was found in appneta tcpreplay up to 4.4.4. It has been classified as problematic. This impacts the function get_layer4_v6 of the file /tcpreplay/src/common/get.c. Performing a manipulation results in heap-based overflow. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-3024. The attack needs to be approached locally. In addition, an exploit is available. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

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A vulnerability was found in appneta tcpreplay up to 4.4.4. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function get_layer4_v6 of the file /tcpreplay/src/common/get.c. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The advisory is shared at docs.google.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-3024. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at drive.google.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 277019 (openSUSE 16 Security Update : tcpreplay (openSUSE-SU-2025-20119-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The code used by the exploit is:

0000000 c3d4 a1b2 0002 0004 53b6 e153 0000 0000
0000010 003e 0000 0001 0000 aeed 0a00 0b16 0002
0000020 003e 0000 0000 0004 c1c0 a0ff 0400 0000
0000030 463b 7596 dd86 6f67 6767 0276 6700 6767
0000040 6767 0000 0000 0000 c3d4 a1b2 0002 0004
0000050 0000 0000 dd00 00ff 0000 0004 0001 0000
0000060 0723 76e5 6170 000a 0040 0000 0000 0004
0000070 ff30 3000 3030 3030 3030 3030 4888 4848
0000080 4848 4848 0101 0a68 0202 0202 0d8e 00

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (277019). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Vendor

• appneta

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• tcpreplay

Version

• 4.4.0
• 4.4.1
• 4.4.2
• 4.4.3
• 4.4.4

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• open-source

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Accepted

• Submit #297866: appneta tcpreplay 4.4.4 (latest) heap-buffer-overflow (by MSXF)

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