CVE-2019-15163 Null dereference in n/a
High 7.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-15163 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2019-15163 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Oct 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15163 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15163/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-15163/index.md)
Attackers can crash the rpcapd daemon via a NULL pointer dereference when a crypt() call fails, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-15163?
CVE-2019-15163 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Oct 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
rpcapd/daemon.c in libpcap before 1.9.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) if a crypt() call fails.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-15163?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tcpdump Libpcap.
How do I fix CVE-2019-15163?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2019-15163 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15163 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2019-15163, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-15163, GHSA-8f74-v8w6-4296.