SUSE-SU-2026:0053-1
Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2026-01-07 11:03 - Updated: 2026-01-07 11:03Summary
Security update for libpcap
Notes
Title of the patch
Security update for libpcap
Description of the patch
This update for libpcap fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2025-11961: missing validation of provided MAC-48 address string in `pcap_ether_aton()` can lead to out-of-bounds
read and write (bsc#1255765).
Patchnames
SUSE-2026-53,SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2026-53
Terms of use
CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
- Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
- Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
- Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
- Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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