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Debian: CVE-2019-15165: libpcap -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2019-15165: libpcap -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
10/03/2019
Created
10/24/2019
Added
10/23/2019
Modified
02/10/2020

Description

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

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-libpcap

References

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