{"id":"ALSA-2020:4547","summary":"Low: libpcap security, bug fix, and enhancement update","details":"The libpcap packages provide a portable framework for low-level network monitoring. The libpcap library provides network statistics collection, security monitoring, and network debugging.\n\nThe following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: libpcap (1.9.1). (BZ#1806422)\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* libpcap: Resource exhaustion during PHB header length validation (CVE-2019-15165)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.\n\nAdditional Changes:\n\nFor detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.","modified":"2026-01-30T00:28:01.856833Z","published":"2020-11-03T12:14:30Z","related":["CVE-2019-15165"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2019-15165"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libpcap-devel","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/libpcap-devel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"14:1.9.1-4.el8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2020:4547.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}