| Name | CVE-2025-9384 |
| Description | 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". |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, 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 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| tcpreplay | source | (unstable) | 4.5.2-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact
https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/issues/971