| Name | CVE-2025-51005 |
| Description | A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists in the tcpliveplay utility of the tcpreplay-4.5.1. When a crafted pcap file is processed, the program incorrectly handles memory in the checksum calculation logic at do_checksum_math_liveplay in tcpliveplay.c, leading to a possible denial of service. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| tcpreplay (PTS) | bullseye | 4.3.3-2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 4.4.3-1 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 4.5.1-1 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid | 4.5.2-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| tcpreplay | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/issues/925
tcplivereplay will be removed in the 4.6 release
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact