Oval Definition:oval:com.redhat.rhsa:def:20204547
Revision Date:2020-11-04Version:638
Title:RHSA-2020:4547: libpcap security, bug fix, and enhancement update (Low)
Description:The libpcap packages provide a portable framework for low-level network monitoring. The libpcap library provides network statistics collection, security monitoring, and network debugging.

  • The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version: libpcap (1.9.1). (BZ#1806422)

    Security Fix(es):

  • libpcap: Resource exhaustion during PHB header length validation (CVE-2019-15165)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    Additional Changes:

    For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.3 Release Notes linked from the References section.
  • Family:unixClass:patch
    Status:Reference(s):CVE-2019-15165
    RHSA-2020:4547
    Platform(s):Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
    Product(s):
    Definition Synopsis
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed
  • OR Package Information
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 is installed
  • OR Red Hat CoreOS 4 is installed
  • AND
  • libpcap is earlier than 14:1.9.1-4.el8
  • AND libpcap is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
  • libpcap-devel is earlier than 14:1.9.1-4.el8
  • AND libpcap-devel is signed with Red Hat redhatrelease2 key
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