CVE-2019-15165

Description

sf-pcapng.c in libpcap before 1.9.1 does not properly validate the PHB header length before allocating memory.

Category

5.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.22% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory tcpdump.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.tcpdump.org/public-cve-list.txt vendor advisory
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/blob/libpcap-1.9/CHANGES release notes product
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/a5a36d9e82dde7265e38fe1f87b7f11c461c29f6 third party advisory patch
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/87d6bef033062f969e70fa40c43dfd945d5a20ab third party advisory patch
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00052.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00051.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00031.html third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5P5K3DQ4TFSZBDB3XN4CZNJNQ3UIF3D3/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UZTIPUWABYUE5KQOLCKAW65AUUSB7QO6/ vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GBIEKWLNIR62KZ5GA7EDXZS52HU6OE5F/ vendor advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788 third party advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210790 third party advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210785 third party advisory
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210789 third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4221-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23 third party advisory mailing list
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26 issue tracking mailing list third party advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4221-2/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html third party advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00014.html third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-15165?
CVE-2019-15165 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-15165?
To fix CVE-2019-15165, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-15165 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-15165 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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