Bug 2529092 (CVE-2026-18313) - CVE-2026-18313 libpcap: libpcap: Denial of Service via memory leak in rpcapd
Summary: CVE-2026-18313 libpcap: libpcap: Denial of Service via memory leak in rpcapd
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-18313
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Depends On: 2530707
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-09-05 19:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-09 10:42 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-05 19:01:31 UTC
rpcapd can allocate up to 65536 bytes per each RPCAP_MSG_UPDATEFILTER_REQ or RPCAP_MSG_STARTCAP_REQ message received from the client, but it never frees the memory, so it leaks memory even under normal use.  A malicious client can cause the server to leak memory substantially faster.


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