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Low ALSA-2020:4547 1 CVE

Low: libpcap security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published Nov 3, 2020 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

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

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 libpcap-devel 14:1.9.1-4.el8

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2019-15165