ALSA-2020:4547

Source
https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2020-4547.html
Import Source
https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2020:4547.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALSA-2020:4547
Related
Published
2020-11-03T12:14:30Z
Modified
2021-08-11T08:54:00Z
Summary
Low: libpcap security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Details

The libpcap packages provide a portable framework for low-level network monitoring. The libpcap library provides network statistics collection, security monitoring, and network debugging.

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: libpcap (1.9.1). (BZ#1806422)

Security Fix(es):

  • libpcap: Resource exhaustion during PHB header length validation (CVE-2019-15165)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

References

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:8 / libpcap-devel

Package

Name
libpcap-devel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
14:1.9.1-4.el8