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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2019-15165) ELSA-2020-4547: libpcap security, bug fix, and enhancement update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2019-15165) ELSA-2020-4547: libpcap security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
10/03/2019
Created
11/14/2020
Added
11/12/2020
Modified
11/12/2020

Description

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

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libpcap
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-libpcap-devel

References

  • ELSA-2020-4547
  • USN-4221-1
  • USN-4221-2
  • CVE-2019-15165

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