CVE-2019-15162

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15162
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-15162.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2019-15162
Downstream
Related
Published
2019-10-03T19:15:09Z
Modified
2025-10-15T10:19:13.576904Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

rpcapd/daemon.c in libpcap before 1.9.1 on non-Windows platforms provides details about why authentication failed, which might make it easier for attackers to enumerate valid usernames.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed

Affected versions

libpcap-0.*

libpcap-0.6.1
libpcap-0.7.1
libpcap-0.8-bp

libpcap-1.*

libpcap-1.3-bp
libpcap-1.5.0
libpcap-1.6.0-bp
libpcap-1.7.0-bp
libpcap-1.8.0-bp
libpcap-1.8.1
libpcap-1.9-bp
libpcap-1.9.0
libpcap-1.9.0-rc1
libpcap-1.9.0rc2

Database specific

vanir_signatures

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        "signature_version": "v1",
        "target": {
            "file": "rpcapd/daemon.c"
        },
        "digest": {
            "threshold": 0.9,
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            ]
        },
        "id": "CVE-2019-15162-d35eea64"
    },
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            "function": "daemon_AuthUserPwd",
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        "digest": {
            "function_hash": "172070314715106391086277101561704977713",
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        },
        "id": "CVE-2019-15162-f99c4a18"
    }
]