A stack-based buffer over-read exists in setbit() at iptree.h of TCPFLOW 1.5.0, due to received incorrect values causing incorrect computation,
leading to denial of service during an address_histogram call or a get_histogram call.

References:

https://github.com/simsong/tcpflow/issues/195
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18409

Patch:

https://github.com/simsong/tcpflow/commit/89c04b4fb0e46b3c4f1388686e83966e531cbea9

(from redmine: issue id 10429, created on 2019-05-08)

• Relations:
  • parent #10425
• Changesets:
  • Revision f9f4e0e8 by Natanael Copa on 2019-07-08T14:27:05Z:

main/tcpflow: backport fix for CVE-2018-18409

and remove unused patch

ref #10429