Medium severity · published Oct 3, 2019
CVE-2019-15161
rpcapd/daemon.c in libpcap before 1.9.1 mishandles certain length values because of reuse of a variable
5.3
CVSS
2.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.8% · higher than 86% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libpcap · Tcpdump
before 1.9.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15161
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15161
seclists.org
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26
Product
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/blob/libpcap-1.9/CHANGES
Patch
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/617b12c0339db4891d117b661982126c495439ea
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5P5K3DQ4TFSZBDB3XN4CZNJNQ3UIF3D3/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GBIEKWLNIR62KZ5GA7EDXZS52HU6OE5F/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UZTIPUWABYUE5KQOLCKAW65AUUSB7QO6/
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