| Name | CVE-2019-15161 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libpcap (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.6.2-2+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1.8.1-3+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster | 1.8.1-6+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.10.0-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.10.3-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.10.5-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libpcap | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| libpcap | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| libpcap | source | stretch | (not affected) | | | |
| libpcap | source | buster | (not affected) | | | |
| libpcap | source | (unstable) | 1.9.1-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
[buster] - libpcap <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 1.9.0)
[stretch] - libpcap <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 1.9.0)
[jessie] - libpcap <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 1.9.0)
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/617b12c0339db4891d117b661982126c495439ea
rpcapd not built in Debian.
[wheezy] - libpcap <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced in 1.9.0)