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openSUSE Security Update : libpcap (openSUSE-2019-2343)

high Nessus Plugin ID 130082

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for libpcap fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2019-15165: Added sanity checks for PHB header length before allocating memory (bsc#1153332).

 - CVE-2018-16301: Fixed a buffer overflow (bsc#1153332).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected libpcap packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1153332

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 130082

File Name: openSUSE-2019-2343.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/21/2019

Updated: 4/17/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-15165

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16301

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcap-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcap-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcap-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcap-devel-static, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcap1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcap1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcap1-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpcap1-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/20/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/3/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16301, CVE-2019-15165