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<h1>Security update for libpcap</h1>
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<th>Announcement ID:</th>
<td>SUSE-SU-2026:20064-1</td>
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<th>Release Date:</th>
<td>2026-01-08T16:17:50Z</td>
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<th>Rating:</th>
<td>moderate</td>
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<th>References:</th>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230020">bsc#1230020</a>
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<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230034">bsc#1230034</a>
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<li style="display: inline;">
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255765">bsc#1255765</a>
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</ul>
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<th>
Cross-References:
</th>
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<ul>
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<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-7256.html">CVE-2023-7256</a>
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<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8006.html">CVE-2024-8006</a>
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<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-11961.html">CVE-2025-11961</a>
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<th>CVSS scores:</th>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2023-7256</span>
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(
SUSE
):
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<span class="cvss-score">6.4</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H</span>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2023-7256</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">4.4</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H</span>
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<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2023-7256</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">4.4</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H</span>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2024-8006</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">4.2</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2024-8006</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">4.4</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H</span>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2024-8006</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">4.4</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H</span>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-11961</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">4.8</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N</span>
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<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-11961</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
SUSE
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">3.3</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N</span>
</li>
<li class="list-group-item">
<span class="cvss-reference">CVE-2025-11961</span>
<span class="cvss-source">
(
NVD
):
</span>
<span class="cvss-score">1.9</span>
<span class="cvss-vector">CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N</span>
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<th>Affected Products:</th>
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<li class="list-group-item">SUSE Linux Micro 6.1</li>
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<p>An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.</p>
<h2>Description:</h2>
<p>This update for libpcap fixes the following issues:</p>
<ul>
<li>CVE-2025-11961: missing validation of provided MAC-48 address string in <code>pcap_ether_aton()</code> can lead to out-of-bounds
read and write (bsc#1255765).</li>
<li>CVE-2024-8006: missing return value check in <code>pcap_findalldevs_ex()</code> can lead to NULL pointer dereference
(bsc#1230034).</li>
<li>CVE-2023-7256: unclear value returned by <code>sock_initaddress()</code> can lead to a double-free (bsc#1230020).</li>
</ul>
<h2>Patch Instructions:</h2>
<p>
To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".<br/>
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
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SUSE Linux Micro 6.1
<br/>
<code>zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-370=1</code>
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</ul>
<h2>Package List:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
<ul>
<li>libpcap1-debuginfo-1.10.4-slfo.1.1_2.1</li>
<li>libpcap1-1.10.4-slfo.1.1_2.1</li>
<li>libpcap-debugsource-1.10.4-slfo.1.1_2.1</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h2>References:</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-7256.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-7256.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8006.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8006.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-11961.html">https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-11961.html</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230020">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230020</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230034">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230034</a>
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255765">https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255765</a>
</li>
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