Debian 8 Jessie DLA-1967-1 Critical: Libpcap Memory Allocation Fix
debian lts
October 21, 2019
libpcap (Packet CAPture), a low-level network monitoring library, does not properly validate the PHB header length before allocating memory
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Summary
For Debian 8 "Jessie", this problem has been fixed in version
1.6.2-2+deb8u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your libpcap packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package: libpcap
Version: 1.6.2-2+deb8u1
CVE ID: CVE-2019-15165
Debian Bug: 941697
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