ubuntu-cve-2024-8006
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-08-31 00:15
Modified
2024-08-31 00:15
Summary
Details
Remote packet capture support is disabled by default in libpcap. When a user builds libpcap with remote packet capture support enabled, one of the functions that become available is pcap_findalldevs_ex(). One of the function arguments can be a filesystem path, which normally means a directory with input data files. When the specified path cannot be used as a directory, the function receives NULL from opendir(), but does not check the return value and passes the NULL value to readdir(), which causes a NULL pointer derefence.
References
{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"ubuntu_priority": "medium"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS",
"name": "libpcap"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"1.4.0-2",
"1.5.1-1",
"1.5.2-1",
"1.5.3-1",
"1.5.3-2",
"1.5.3-2ubuntu0.1"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"ubuntu_priority": "medium"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
"name": "libpcap"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"1.7.4-1",
"1.7.4-2",
"1.7.4-2ubuntu0.1"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"ubuntu_priority": "medium"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS",
"name": "libpcap"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"1.8.1-5ubuntu1",
"1.8.1-6ubuntu1",
"1.8.1-6ubuntu1.18.04.1",
"1.8.1-6ubuntu1.18.04.2"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"ubuntu_priority": "medium"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
"name": "libpcap"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"1.9.1-2",
"1.9.1-3"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"ubuntu_priority": "medium"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
"name": "libpcap"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"1.10.0-2build1",
"1.10.1-4",
"1.10.1-4build1"
]
},
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"ubuntu_priority": "medium"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:24.04:LTS",
"name": "libpcap"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"1.10.4-4",
"1.10.4-4ubuntu3",
"1.10.4-4.1ubuntu2",
"1.10.4-4.1ubuntu3"
]
}
],
"aliases": [],
"details": "Remote packet capture support is disabled by default in libpcap. When a user builds libpcap with remote packet capture support enabled, one of the functions that become available is pcap_findalldevs_ex(). One of the function arguments can be a filesystem path, which normally means a directory with input data files. When the specified path cannot be used as a directory, the function receives NULL from opendir(), but does not check the return value and passes the NULL value to readdir(), which causes a NULL pointer derefence.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-8006",
"modified": "2024-08-31T00:15:00Z",
"published": "2024-08-31T00:15:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-8006"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-8006"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/0f8a103469ce87d2b8d68c5130a46ddb7fb5eb29"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/8a633ee5b9ecd9d38a587ac9b204e2380713b0d6"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/0f8a103469ce87d2b8d68c5130a46ddb7fb5eb29"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://github.com/the-tcpdump-group/libpcap/commit/8a633ee5b9ecd9d38a587ac9b204e2380713b0d6"
}
],
"related": [
"CVE-2024-8006"
],
"schema_version": "1.6.3",
"withdrawn": "2025-06-23T15:57:34Z"
}
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