CVE-2019-15165
MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: October 3, 2019 at 06:38 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:19 AM UTC
11 products affected across 7 vendorsmacOSDebian LinuxFedora
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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
sf-pcapng.c in libpcap before 1.9.1 does not properly validate the PHB header length before allocating memory.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Affected range stops below 10.13.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Leap· openSUSEdrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00051.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00052.html
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/87d6bef033062f969e70fa40c43dfd945d5a20ab
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/a5a36d9e82dde7265e38fe1f87b7f11c461c29f6
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5P5K3DQ4TFSZBDB3XN4CZNJNQ3UIF3D3/
References (20)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00051.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00052.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26x_refsource_CONFIRMProductRelease Notes
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/blob/libpcap-1.9/CHANGESx_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/87d6bef033062f969e70fa40c43dfd945d5a20abx_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/a5a36d9e82dde7265e38fe1f87b7f11c461c29f6Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00031.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00014.htmlSSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
5.3MEDIUMCISA-ADP
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- LOW
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-770
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