CVE-2019-15161

MEDIUM

libpcap <1.9.1 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm

Description

rpcapd/daemon.c in libpcap before 1.9.1 mishandles certain length values because of reuse of a variable. This may open up an attack vector involving extra data at the end of a request.

References (13)

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.tcpdump.org/public-cve-list.txt

[Mailing List] http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26

[Product, Release Notes] https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/blob/libpcap-1.9/CHANGES

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[Patch, Third Party Advisory] https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/617b12c0339db4891d117b661982126c495439ea

[Mailing List] https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23

[Vendor Advisory] https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210785

[Vendor Advisory] https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788

[Vendor Advisory] https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210789

[Vendor Advisory] https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210790

[Vendor Advisory] https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5P5K3DQ4TFSZBDB3XN4CZNJNQ3UIF3D3/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GBIEKWLNIR62KZ5GA7EDXZS52HU6OE5F/

[Mailing List, Third Party Advisory] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UZTIPUWABYUE5KQOLCKAW65AUUSB7QO6/

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3

EPSS 0.0253

EPSS Percentile 85.2%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-131

Status published

Affected Products (1)

tcpdump/libpcap < 1.9.1

Timeline

Published Oct 03, 2019

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026