nfdump 1.6.17 and earlier is affected by an integer overflow in the function Process_ipfix_template_withdraw in ipfix.c that can be abused in order to crash the process remotely (denial of service).
The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This occurs when an integer value is incremented to a value that is too large to store in the associated representation. When this occurs, the value may become a very small or negative number.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/phaag/nfdump/issues/171 | third party advisory exploit |
| https://github.com/phaag/nfdump/commit/3b006ededaf351f1723aea6c727c9edd1b1fff9b | patch |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ULSZMKA7P7REJMANVL7D6WMZ2L7IRSET/ | vendor advisory |
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YTONOGJU5FSMFNRCT6OHXYUMDRKH4RPA/ | vendor advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-17 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/09/msg00021.html | third party advisory mailing list |