Mageia 9: libpcap Important Out-of-Bounds Access CVE-2025-11961
mageia
January 10, 2026
MGASA-2026-0005 - Updated libpcap packages fix security vulnerability
Summary
Description:
OOBR and OOBW in pcap_ether_aton() in libpcap. (CVE-2025-11961)
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34939
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2026&m=slackware-security.355202
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11961
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 9/core/libpcap-1.10.6-1.mga9
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Publication date: 10 Jan 2026
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2026-0005.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2025-11961
Topics Covered
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