939952 – (CVE-2023-7256, CVE-2024-8006) <net-libs/libpcap-1.10.5: Multiple vulnerabilities

Bug 939952 (CVE-2023-7256, CVE-2024-8006) - <net-libs/libpcap-1.10.5: Multiple vulnerabilities

Summary: <net-libs/libpcap-1.10.5: Multiple vulnerabilities

Status:	CONFIRMED

Alias:	CVE-2023-7256, CVE-2024-8006

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal normal
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

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Whiteboard:	B3 [stable]
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Depends on:	940858
Blocks:
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Reported:	2024-09-21 06:34 UTC by Sam James
Modified:	2024-10-05 10:05 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Sam James archtester

2024-09-21 06:34:03 UTC

> This libpcap release makes various improvements and bug fixes available whilst the work on libpcap 1.11 is still in progress. Among other things this includes the fixes to two vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-7256 discovered by Dora Sweet and CVE-2024-8006 discovered by Flavio Toffalini and reported by Nicolas Badoux) in the remote packet capture code, which is disabled by default.