Vulnerability CVE-2019-15161
Published: 2019-10-03

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.

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
Tcpdump -> Libpcap 

 References:
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/blob/libpcap-1.9/CHANGES
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/617b12c0339db4891d117b661982126c495439ea
https://www.tcpdump.org/public-cve-list.txt
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