CVE-2025-9385

NameCVE-2025-9385
DescriptionA flaw has been found in appneta tcpreplay up to 4.5.1. The affected element is the function fix_ipv6_checksums of the file edit_packet.c of the component tcprewrite. This manipulation causes use after free. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been published and may be used. Upgrading to version 4.5.2-beta3 is sufficient to fix this issue. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.
SourceCVE (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 PackageReleaseVersionStatus
tcpreplay (PTS)bullseye4.3.3-2vulnerable
bookworm4.4.3-1vulnerable
trixie4.5.1-1vulnerable
forky, sid4.5.2-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
tcpreplaysource(unstable)4.5.2-1unimportant

Notes

Crash in CLI tool, no security impact
https://github.com/appneta/tcpreplay/issues/972

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