Bug 1760622 (CVE-2019-15162) - CVE-2019-15162 libpcap: Information disclosure in rpcapd/daemon.c
Summary: CVE-2019-15162 libpcap: Information disclosure in rpcapd/daemon.c
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2019-15162
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1760624
Blocks: 1760627
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Reported: 2019-10-10 23:47 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2019-10-30 13:36 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: libpcap 1.9.1
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2019-10-10 23:47:30 UTC 
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.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/blob/libpcap-1.9/CHANGES

References:

https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/blob/libpcap-1.9/CHANGES
Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2019-10-10 23:57:51 UTC 
Created libpcap tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1760624]
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