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This flaw enables\na local attacker to initiate a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.\n(CVE-2023-4256)\nNull Pointer Dereference in mask_cidr6 component at cidr.c in Tcpreplay\n4.4.4 allows attackers to crash the application via crafted tcprewrite\ncommand. 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