Source: tcpflow
Version: 1.4.4+repack1-1
Severity: important
Tags: patch security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/simsong/tcpflow/issues/182

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for tcpflow.

CVE-2018-14938[0]:
| An issue was discovered in wifipcap/wifipcap.cpp in TCPFLOW through
| 1.5.0-alpha. There is an integer overflow in the function handle_prism
| during caplen processing. If the caplen is less than 144, one can cause
| an integer overflow in the function handle_80211, which will result in
| an out-of-bounds read and may allow access to sensitive memory (or a
| denial of service).

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-14938
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14938
[1] https://github.com/simsong/tcpflow/issues/182
[2] 
https://github.com/simsong/tcpflow/commit/a4e1cd14eb5ccc51ed271b65b3420f7d692c40eb

Regards,
Salvatore

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