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NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libpcap package, versions [,1.10.5)

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBPCAP-7856128
  • published 1 Sep 2024
  • disclosed 31 Aug 2024
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 31 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-8006 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-476 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade libpcap to version 1.10.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in the pcap_findalldevs_ex() function, which crashes when supplied with nonexistent directories.

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
6.7 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    None
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    High
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    None
  • Integrity (VI)
    None
  • Availability (VA)
    High
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None