CVE-2011-1935

CRITICAL

libpcap <ea9432fabdf4b33cbc76d9437200e028f1c47c93 - Truncation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

pcap-linux.c in libpcap 1.1.1 before commit ea9432fabdf4b33cbc76d9437200e028f1c47c93 when snaplen is set may truncate packets, which might allow remote attackers to send arbitrary data while avoiding detection via crafted packets.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Broken Link, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.network.tcpdump.devel/4968
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/08/5
Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=623868
Broken Link, Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/05/19/11
Broken Link, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.network.tcpdump.devel/5018
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1935/

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0125
EPSS Percentile 79.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (1)
tcpdump/libpcap 1.1.1 - 1.2.1
Published Oct 20, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026