CVE-2019-15161
rpcapd/daemon.c in libpcap before 1.9.1 mishandles certain length values because of reuse of a variable. This may open up an attack vector involving extra data at the end of a request.
02 Description
rpcapd/daemon.c in libpcap before 1.9.1 mishandles certain length values because of reuse of a variable. This may open up an attack vector involving extra data at the end of a request.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.76% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-10-03 18:24Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 00:42Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-08-19
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1ed62331e91989e4f269e94480fec0f56a29464bd4024f7b9f31735d758129c2
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.tcpdump.orghttps://www.tcpdump.org/public-cve-list.txt
- github.comhttps://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/blob/libpcap-1.9/CHANGES
- github.comhttps://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/617b12c0339db4891d117b661982126c495439ea
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-eaa681d33ehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5P5K3DQ4TFSZBDB3XN4CZNJNQ3UIF3D3/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-4fe461079fhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UZTIPUWABYUE5KQOLCKAW65AUUSB7QO6/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-b92ce3144ahttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GBIEKWLNIR62KZ5GA7EDXZS52HU6OE5F/
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT210790
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT210785
- support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT210789
- seclists.org20191211 APPLE-SA-2019-12-10-3 macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, Security Update 2019-007 High Sierrahttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23
- seclists.org20191213 APPLE-SA-2019-12-10-3 macOS Catalina 10.15.2, Security Update 2019-002 Mojave, Security Update 2019-007 High Sierrahttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26
- www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libpcap Fixed in 1.9.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libpcap Fixed in 1.9.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libpcap Fixed in 1.9.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.