Important: libpcap security update
The libpcap packages provide a portable framework for low-level network monitoring. The libpcap library provides network statistics collection, security monitoring, and network debugging. Security Fix(es): * libpcap: libpcap: Out-of-bounds read and write vulnerability allows arbitrary memory access (CVE-2026-0799) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
RLSA-2026:74442
Primary source · Revision 1
Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.
Security context
Source reference: osv:RLSA-2026:74442
libpcap
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- 4:1.10.4-7.el10_2.1
Source reference:
/affected/0/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "4:1.10.4-7.el10_2.1"
}
],
"database_specific": {
"yum_repository": "BaseOS"
}
}
],
"package": {
"name": "libpcap",
"purl": "pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/libpcap?distro=rocky-linux-10&epoch=4",
"ecosystem": "Rocky Linux:10"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:74442.json"
}
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-0799
Source reference:
/upstream
Publisher severity
high
Source reference: /severity/0/score
- Event
- #68032 · Revision 1
- Added to Heist Feed
- Publisher date