CVE-2019-15161 — Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size in Libpcap

CWE-131 — Incorrect Calculation of Buffer SizeCWE-20 — Improper Input Validation11 documents8 sources
Severity
5.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
2.5%
top 14.54%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Tcpdump Libpcap
Timeline
PublishedOct 3
Latest updateMay 24

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶NVDtcpdump/libpcap< 1.9.1
▶Debiantcpdump/libpcap< 1.9.1-1+3

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-mpx8-phwc-v8wq: rpcapd/daemon↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2019-15161: rpcapd/daemon↗2019-10-03
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OSV
CVE-2019-15161: rpcapd/daemon↗2019-10-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

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Apple
CVE-2019-15161: watchOS 6.1.1↗2019-12-10
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Apple
CVE-2019-15161: iOS 13.3 and iPadOS 13.3↗2019-12-10
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Apple
CVE-2019-15161: tvOS 13.3↗2019-12-10
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Red Hat
libpcap: Mishandled length values in reused variables↗2019-09-20
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Debian
CVE-2019-15161: libpcap - rpcapd/daemon.c in libpcap before 1.9.1 mishandles certain length values because...↗2019
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-15161 libpcap: Mishandled length values in reused variables↗2019-10-10
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-16301 CVE-2019-15161 CVE-2019-15162 CVE-2019-15163 CVE-2019-15164 CVE-2019-15165 libpcap: various flaws [fedora-all]↗2019-10-10
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