An issue found in TCPrewrite v.4.4.3 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the ports2PORT function at the portmap.c:69 endpoint.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - An issue found in TCPrewrite v.4.4.3 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service via the     ports2PORT function at the portmap.c:69 endpoint. (CVE-2023-27788)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7231-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Tcpreplay incorrectly handled memory when using the tcprewrite utility. A remote     attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Tcpreplay to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
    (CVE-2023-27783)

    It was discovered that Tcpreplay incorrectly validated external input. A remote attacker could possibly     use this issue to cause Tcpreplay to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2023-27784,     CVE-2023-27785, CVE-2023-27786, CVE-2023-27787, CVE-2023-27788, CVE-2023-27789)

    It was discovered that Tcpreplay incorrectly handled memory when using the tcprewrite utility. An attacker     could possibly use this issue to cause Tcpreplay to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
    (CVE-2023-4256, CVE-2023-43279)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 36 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-7ffeed7339 advisory.

    Patch CVE-2023-27783 - CVE-2023-27789

    - CVE-2023-27783
    - CVE-2023-27784
    - CVE-2023-27785
    - CVE-2023-27786
    - CVE-2023-27787
    - CVE-2023-27788
    - CVE-2023-27789

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-37bdea9241 advisory.

    Patch CVE-2023-27783 - CVE-2023-27789

    - CVE-2023-27783
    - CVE-2023-27784
    - CVE-2023-27785
    - CVE-2023-27786
    - CVE-2023-27787
    - CVE-2023-27788
    - CVE-2023-27789

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2023-96ffd40fd4 advisory.

    Patch CVE-2023-27783 - CVE-2023-27789

    - CVE-2023-27783
    - CVE-2023-27784
    - CVE-2023-27785
    - CVE-2023-27786
    - CVE-2023-27787
    - CVE-2023-27788
    - CVE-2023-27789

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
226368	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-27788	Nessus	Misc.	high
214723	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : Tcpreplay vulnerabilities (USN-7231-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	high
175669	Fedora 36 : tcpreplay (2023-7ffeed7339)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
175668	Fedora 38 : tcpreplay (2023-37bdea9241)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
175667	Fedora 37 : tcpreplay (2023-96ffd40fd4)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high

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