Summary
The libpcap packages provide a portable framework for low-level network monitoring. The libpcap library provides network statistics collection, security monitoring, and network debugging.
The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: libpcap (1.9.1). (BZ#1806422)
Security Fix(es):
* libpcap: Resource exhaustion during PHB header length validation (CVE-2019-15165)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.
Fixed packages 1
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux · 8 | libpcap-devel | 14:1.9.1-4.el8 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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Medium 5.3
sf-pcapng.c in libpcap before 1.9.1 does not properly validate the PHB header length before allocating memory.
References
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report
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2019-15165