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OS X update for tcpdump (CVE-2019-15161)

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OS X update for tcpdump (CVE-2019-15161)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
10/03/2019
Created
12/12/2019
Added
12/11/2019
Modified
02/04/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • apple-osx-security-update-2019-002-mojave
  • apple-osx-security-update-2019-007-high-sierra
  • apple-osx-upgrade-10_15_2

References

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