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High RLSA-2026:99707 1 CVE

Important: libpcap security update

Published Nov 13, 2026 · Updated Nov 13, 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.

Security Fix(es):

* libpcap: libpcap: Denial of Service via infinite loop in BPF interpreter (CVE-2026-6554)

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.

Fixed packages 20

ReleasePackageFixed in
Rocky Linux · 9 libpcap 4:1.10.0-4.el9_9.2
Rocky Linux · 9 libpcap 4:1.10.0-4.el9_9.2
Rocky Linux · 9 libpcap 4:1.10.0-4.el9_9.2
Rocky Linux · 9 libpcap 4:1.10.0-4.el9_9.2
Rocky Linux · 9 libpcap 4:1.10.0-4.el9_9.2
Rocky Linux · 9 libpcap-debuginfo 4:1.10.0-4.el9_9.2
Rocky Linux · 9 libpcap-debuginfo 4:1.10.0-4.el9_9.2
Rocky Linux · 9 libpcap-debuginfo 4:1.10.0-4.el9_9.2
Rocky Linux · 9 libpcap-debuginfo 4:1.10.0-4.el9_9.2
Rocky Linux · 9 libpcap-debuginfo 4:1.10.0-4.el9_9.2
Rocky Linux · 9 libpcap-debugsource 4:1.10.0-4.el9_9.2
Rocky Linux · 9 libpcap-debugsource 4:1.10.0-4.el9_9.2
Rocky Linux · 9 libpcap-debugsource 4:1.10.0-4.el9_9.2
Rocky Linux · 9 libpcap-debugsource 4:1.10.0-4.el9_9.2
Rocky Linux · 9 libpcap-debugsource 4:1.10.0-4.el9_9.2
Rocky Linux · 9 libpcap-devel 4:1.10.0-4.el9_9.2
Rocky Linux · 9 libpcap-devel 4:1.10.0-4.el9_9.2
Rocky Linux · 9 libpcap-devel 4:1.10.0-4.el9_9.2
Rocky Linux · 9 libpcap-devel 4:1.10.0-4.el9_9.2
Rocky Linux · 9 libpcap-devel 4:1.10.0-4.el9_9.2

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.5

    infinte loop in libpcap before 1.10.7

    libpcap BPF interpreter treats the offset in the 'ja L' BPF instruction as a signed integer to implement looping via backward jumps, but it does not limit the number of loop iterations. A crafted filter program or the 'protochain' primitive used on a crafted …

References

  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2529091
  • advisory
    https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:99707