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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2026-48683 EUVD-2026-31839GHSA-242v-wx3w-qx8x

FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.9 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the NetFlow v9 data flowset processor. In src/ne…

Published May 26, 2026 · Updated May 26, 2026 · Assigned by mitre

Description

FastNetMon Community Edition through 1.2.9 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the NetFlow v9 data flowset processor. In src/netflow_plugin/netflow_v9_collector.cpp, the Data template branch (lines 1695-1702) iterates over flow records without performing a per-iteration bounds check against the packet end pointer. In contrast, the Options template branch (lines 1709-1719) correctly checks 'if (pkt + offset + field_template->total_length > packet_end)' before each iteration. The Data branch omits this check entirely. Since template definitions are sent by the network peer (and are unauthenticated UDP), an attacker can craft templates that cause the parser to read arbitrary memory past the packet buffer. This can leak sensitive memory contents or cause a crash.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 fastnetmon 1.2.9-1 —
Debian 13 fastnetmon 1.2.9-0+deb13u1 —
Debian 12 fastnetmon No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 fastnetmon No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 fastnetmon No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS fastnetmon No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS fastnetmon No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS fastnetmon No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS fastnetmon No fix yet —

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