CVE-2019-15165

Publication date 30 September 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

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

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libpcap	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Fixed 1.8.1-6ubuntu1.19.04.1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 1.8.1-6ubuntu1.18.04.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.7.4-2ubuntu0.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 1.5.3-2ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu Pro

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Notes

sbeattie

this is likely actually fixed by 617b12c0339db4891d117b661982126c495439ea see github issue about CVE ID confusion but whatever, can't get a straight answer out of upstream, so will use this CVE ID for the issue that touches sf-pcapng.c

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libpcap	Upstream: a5a36d9 Upstream: 87d6bef

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.3 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N