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🛡️ OESA-2026-1112 — libpcap (CVE-2025-11961)

🟢 CVSS 2.0 — Low ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
2.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

libpcap security update

This is the official web site of tcpdump, a powerful command-line

packet analyzer; and libpcap, a portable C/C++ library for

network traffic capture.

Security Fix(es):

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.(CVE-2025-11961)

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
  • Privileges required: High — administrative rights are needed first.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Availability impact: None.

Affected software

OESA-2026-1112 is recorded against 1 package.

  • libpcap (fixed in 1.10.4-5.oe2403sp3)

Timeline and source

Published on 16 January 2026 and last revised on 18 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

www.openeuler.org (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)

Other advisories for this package

libpcap has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Details

Severity LOW
CVSS Score 2.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-01-16
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-18
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
libpcap — 1.10.4-5.oe2403sp3

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