PT-2019-14017 · Tcpdump+1 · Libpcap+1

Published 2019-10-03 · Updated 2021-03-03 · CVE-2019-15161

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libpcap versions prior to 1.9.1

Description The issue arises from the mishandling of certain length values in rpcapd/daemon.c due to the reuse of a variable. This could potentially create an attack vector if extra data is appended to the end of a request.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.9.1, update to version 1.9.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-131

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2019-3119

ALT-PU-2020-3562

ALT-PU-2021-1432

CVE-2019-15161

MGASA-2019-0297

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10969-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Libpcap

References · 24

• https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/617b12c0339db4891d117b661982126c495439ea · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ALPINE-CVE-2019-15161 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5P5K3DQ4TFSZBDB3XN4CZNJNQ3UIF3D3 · Vendor Advisory
• https://tcpdump.org/public-cve-list.txt · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-15161 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-15161 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2019-0297 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-15161 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GBIEKWLNIR62KZ5GA7EDXZS52HU6OE5F · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0297.html · Security Note
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UZTIPUWABYUE5KQOLCKAW65AUUSB7QO6 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15161 · Security Note
• https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/blob/libpcap-1.9/CHANGES · Note
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210789 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210790 · Note