CVE-2019-15165 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Libpcap

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or ThrottlingCWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption13 documents9 sources
Severity
5.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.0%
top 22.63%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
11
Tcpdump LibpcapApple MAC OS XApple Ipados+8 more
Timeline
PublishedOct 3
Latest updateMay 24

Description

sf-pcapng.c in libpcap before 1.9.1 does not properly validate the PHB header length before allocating memory.

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 Packages9 packages

▶NVDtcpdump/libpcap< 1.9.1
▶Debiantcpdump/libpcap< 1.9.1-1+3
▶NVDapple/mac_os_x10.13 — 10.13.6+3
▶NVDapple/tvos13.3
▶NVDapple/ipados13.3

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, 9.0, Fedora 29, 30, 31, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 19.04

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-4jh3-696v-qm6r: sf-pcapng↗2022-05-24
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CVEList
CVE-2019-15165: sf-pcapng↗2019-10-03
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OSV
CVE-2019-15165: sf-pcapng↗2019-10-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

7
Ubuntu
libpcap vulnerability↗2020-01-15
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Ubuntu
libpcap vulnerability↗2019-12-11
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Apple
CVE-2019-15165: tvOS 13.3↗2019-12-10
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Apple
CVE-2019-15165: iOS 13.3 and iPadOS 13.3↗2019-12-10
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Apple
CVE-2019-15165: watchOS 6.1.1↗2019-12-10
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-15165 libpcap: Resource exhaustion during PHB header length validation↗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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