CVE-2019-15163 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Libpcap

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer DereferenceCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer12 documents9 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
1.7%
top 17.58%
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 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) if a crypt() call fails.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

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-8f74-v8w6-4296: rpcapd/daemon↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2019-15163: rpcapd/daemon↗2019-10-03
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OSV
CVE-2019-15163: rpcapd/daemon↗2019-10-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

6
Oracle
Oracle Oracle Communications Applications Risk Matrix: Packet Inspector, Traces functionality (libpcap) — CVE-2019-15163↗2020-04-15
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Apple
CVE-2019-15163: iOS 13.3 and iPadOS 13.3↗2019-12-10
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Apple
CVE-2019-15163: tvOS 13.3↗2019-12-10
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Apple
CVE-2019-15163: watchOS 6.1.1↗2019-12-10
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Red Hat
libpcap: Null pointer dereference in rpcapd/daemon.c↗2019-09-20
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💬Community

2
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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Bugzilla
CVE-2019-15163 libpcap: Null pointer dereference in rpcapd/daemon.c↗2019-10-10
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CVE-2019-15163 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Libpcap | cvebase