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CVE-2019-15163

high

Description

rpcapd/daemon.c in libpcap before 1.9.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) if a crypt() call fails.

References

https://www.tcpdump.org/public-cve-list.txt

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UZTIPUWABYUE5KQOLCKAW65AUUSB7QO6/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GBIEKWLNIR62KZ5GA7EDXZS52HU6OE5F/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5P5K3DQ4TFSZBDB3XN4CZNJNQ3UIF3D3/

https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/437b273761adedcbd880f714bfa44afeec186a31

https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/blob/libpcap-1.9/CHANGES

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html

https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K92862401?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSS

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210790

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210789

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788

https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210785

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2019-6219

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-10-03

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.04436