CVE-2019-15163
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.1%
Description
rpcapd/daemon.c in libpcap before 1.9.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) if a crypt() call fails.
How to fix CVE-2019-15163
To remediate CVE-2019-15163, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/libpcap—upgrade to 1.1.1-r0 or later
- Debian/libpcap—upgrade to 1.9.1-1 or later
Is CVE-2019-15163 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.1.1-r0
- from 0, < 1.9.1-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |