CVE-2019-15162

Publication date 30 September 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libpcap	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected

Notes

sbeattie

issue is in the libpcap daemon, introduced in 1.9.0 and is not included in debian/ubuntu packaging

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libpcap	Upstream: 484d60c

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.3 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N