CVE-2025-11961 Affecting libpcap-devel package, versions <1.10.5-160000.4.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-LIBPCAPDEVEL-15135323
  • published29 Jan 2026
  • disclosed22 Jan 2026

Introduced: 22 Jan 2026

CVE-2025-11961  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 libpcap-devel to version 1.10.5-160000.4.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libpcap-devel package and not the libpcap-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:16.0.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

pcap_ether_aton() is an auxiliary function in libpcap, it takes a string argument and returns a fixed-size allocated buffer. The string argument must be a well-formed MAC-48 address in one of the supported formats, but this requirement has been poorly documented. If an application calls the function with an argument that deviates from the expected format, the function can read data beyond the end of the provided string and write data beyond the end of the allocated buffer.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1