Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in libpcap - CVE-2019-15164
Published: October 27, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22311
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 2.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-15164
CWE-ID: CWE-918
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input within the rpcapd/daemon.c in libpcap when processing URL as a capture source. A remote attacker can trick the victim to use a specially crafted URL to extract information.
Affected software
libpcap
libpcap (Alpine package)
libpcap
Oracle Solaris
Fedora
libpcap (Alpine package)
libpcap
Oracle Solaris
Fedora
How to mitigate CVE-2019-15164
Install updates from vendor's website.
libpcap - update to 1.9.1
libpcap (Alpine package) - update to 1.9.1-r0
libpcap - addressed in versions 1.9.1-1.fc29, 1.9.1-1.fc30, 1.9.1-1.fc31
libpcap (Alpine package) - update to 1.9.1-r0
libpcap - addressed in versions 1.9.1-1.fc29, 1.9.1-1.fc30, 1.9.1-1.fc31