Medium severity · published Oct 3, 2019
CVE-2019-15165
sf-pcapng.c in libpcap before 1.9.1 does not properly validate the PHB header length before allocating memory
5.3
CVSS
2.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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: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 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IO
iOS · Apple
13.3 · source: NVD
CO
Communications Operations Monitor · Oracle
3.4; 4.0; 4.1; 4.2; 4.3 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
29; 30; 31 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.0; 15.1 · source: NVD
LI
Libpcap · Tcpdump
before 1.9.1 · source: NVD
MO
Mac OS X · Apple
10.13 before 10.13.6; 10.13.6; 10.14.6; 10.15.2 · source: NVD
TV
Tvos · Apple
13.3 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 14.04; 16.04; 18.04; 19.04 · source: NVD
WA
Watchos · Apple
6.1.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15165
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-15165
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00051.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00052.html
Issue Tracking
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/87d6bef033062f969e70fa40c43dfd945d5a20ab
Patch
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/a5a36d9e82dde7265e38fe1f87b7f11c461c29f6
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