Debian DLA-2850-1 : libpcap - LTS security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 156318

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-2850 advisory.

- sf-pcapng.c in libpcap before 1.9.1 does not properly validate the PHB header length before allocating memory. (CVE-2019-15165)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the libpcap packages.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.1-3+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 156318

File Name: debian_DLA-2850.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/27/2021

Updated: 12/27/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

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: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpcap-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpcap0.8, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpcap0.8-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libpcap0.8-dev, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/26/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/3/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-15165

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