CVE-2023-7256
Medium
Description
In affected libpcap versions during the setup of a remote packet capture the internal function sock_initaddress() calls getaddrinfo() and possibly freeaddrinfo(), but does not clearly indicate to the caller function whether freeaddrinfo() still remains to be called after the function returns. This makes it possible in some scenarios that both the function and its caller call freeaddrinfo() for the same allocated memory block. A similar problem was reported in Apple libpcap, to which Apple assigned CVE-2023-40400.
SeverityMedium
CVSS4.4
Exploit probability—
ProductTcpdump Libpcap
PublishedAug 31, 2024
First seenAug 31, 2024
Weakness typeCWE-415CWE-415
How to fix
Update
- tcpdump libpcap1.10.5 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| tcpdump libpcap | v < 1.10.5 | 1.10.5 |
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