CVE-2019-15163
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15163
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-15163.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2019-15163
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2019-10-03T19:15:09Z
- Modified
- 2025-09-19T10:36:48.748683Z
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/blob/libpcap-1.9/CHANGES
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/437b273761adedcbd880f714bfa44afeec186a31
- https://www.tcpdump.org/public-cve-list.txt
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5P5K3DQ4TFSZBDB3XN4CZNJNQ3UIF3D3/
- 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/UZTIPUWABYUE5KQOLCKAW65AUUSB7QO6/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210785
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210788
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210789
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT210790
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K92862401?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-15163
Affected packages
Alpine:v3.10
libpcap
Alpine:v3.12
libpcap
Alpine:v3.13
libpcap
Alpine:v3.14
libpcap
Alpine:v3.15
libpcap
Alpine:v3.16
libpcap
Alpine:v3.17
libpcap
Alpine:v3.18
libpcap
Alpine:v3.19
libpcap
Alpine:v3.20
libpcap
Alpine:v3.21
libpcap
Alpine:v3.22
libpcap
Git
github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed
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": [
{
"digest": {
"line_hashes": [
"307748217924625400423163628034066080518",
"207627471226929980974177576761789405620",
"324057952688139616317352615586617493494",
"85884055634276576242239882593460915813",
"53212736245745792959456481649127788649",
"109100305614371195534484352722895782370",
"232355268960275921028358747977642145909",
"272092355253707617931565301784483312151"
],
"threshold": 0.9
},
"source": "https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/437b273761adedcbd880f714bfa44afeec186a31",
"id": "CVE-2019-15163-0159ef4e",
"signature_version": "v1",
"target": {
"file": "rpcapd/daemon.c"
},
"signature_type": "Line",
"deprecated": false
},
{
"digest": {
"length": 1387.0,
"function_hash": "91313662920374083049208353129361244258"
},
"source": "https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/437b273761adedcbd880f714bfa44afeec186a31",
"id": "CVE-2019-15163-ee6ad087",
"signature_version": "v1",
"target": {
"function": "daemon_AuthUserPwd",
"file": "rpcapd/daemon.c"
},
"signature_type": "Function",
"deprecated": false
}
]
}