High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 3, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-15163
CVE-2019-15163
Description
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.
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Affected products
3- libpcap/libpcapdescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
14- github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/437b273761adedcbd880f714bfa44afeec186a31nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/blob/libpcap-1.9/CHANGESnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.tcpdump.org/public-cve-list.txtnvdThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Dec/26nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5P5K3DQ4TFSZBDB3XN4CZNJNQ3UIF3D3/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GBIEKWLNIR62KZ5GA7EDXZS52HU6OE5F/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UZTIPUWABYUE5KQOLCKAW65AUUSB7QO6/nvd
- seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Dec/23nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT210785nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT210788nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT210789nvd
- support.apple.com/kb/HT210790nvd
- support.f5.com/csp/article/K92862401nvd
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlnvd
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