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HistoryJan 15, 2020 - 12:00 a.m.

libpcap vulnerability

2020-01-1500:00:00
ubuntu.com
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5.3 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

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

6.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

5 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

0.005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

76.3%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

  • libpcap - Library for for user-level network packet capture

Details

USN-4221-1 fixed a vulnerability in libpcap. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that libpcap did not properly validate PHB headers in
some situations. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service
(memory exhaustion).

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Ubuntu12.04noarchlibpcap0.8< 1.1.1-10ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu12.04noarchlibpcap0.8-dbg< 1.1.1-10ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu12.04noarchlibpcap0.8-dbgsym< 1.1.1-10ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN
Ubuntu12.04noarchlibpcap0.8-dev< 1.1.1-10ubuntu0.1UNKNOWN

5.3 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

NONE

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

6.4 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

5 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

NONE

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

0.005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

76.3%