Bug 1760621 (CVE-2019-15163) - CVE-2019-15163 libpcap: Null pointer dereference in rpcapd/daemon.c
Summary: CVE-2019-15163 libpcap: Null pointer dereference in rpcapd/daemon.c
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2019-15163
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 23:43 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2021-02-16 21:16 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: libpcap 1.9.1
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Last Closed: 2020-01-16 20:09:30 UTC
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2019-10-10 23:43:45 UTC 
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.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/437b273761adedcbd880f714bfa44afeec186a31

References:

https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/blob/libpcap-1.9/CHANGES
Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2019-10-10 23:58:27 UTC 
Created libpcap tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1760624]
Comment 2 Riccardo Schirone 2020-01-16 16:30:03 UTC 
RPCAPD support added in tcpdump 1.9.0 (see https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/blob/libpcap-1.9/CHANGES#L74).
Comment 3 Riccardo Schirone 2020-01-16 16:30:34 UTC 
RHEL 6 and 7 ship an older version of libpcap that does not even have the vulnerable file.
RHEL 8 ships a newer version, however it is not compiled with RPCAPD support (--enable-remote is not specified).
Comment 4 Riccardo Schirone 2020-01-16 16:30:38 UTC 
Statement:

This issue did not affect the versions of libpcap as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, 7, and 8 as they did not include support for RPCAPD.
Comment 5 Product Security DevOps Team 2020-01-16 20:09:30 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-15163
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