CVE-2019-15165
libpcap - security update
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 3.2%
Description
sf-pcapng.c in libpcap before 1.9.1 does not properly validate the PHB header length before allocating memory.
How to fix CVE-2019-15165
To remediate CVE-2019-15165, 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
- —upgrade to 1.6.2-2+deb8u1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.8.1-3+deb9u1 or later
Is CVE-2019-15165 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 1.1.1-r0
- from 0, < 1.9.1-1
- from 0, < 1.6.2-2+deb8u1
- from 0, < 1.8.1-3+deb9u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |