SB2019102103 - OpenSUSE Linux update for libpcap

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.

1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-16301)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in libpcap when during pcapng reading. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application that uses the affected library, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system or crash the application.

2) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15165)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the sf-pcapng.c in libpcap when processing the PHB header length before allocating memory. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application that uses the vulnerable library, trigger memory corruption and perform denial of service (DoS) attack.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-10/msg00051.html