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vulnerabilityCVE-2025-11961
Name
CVE-2025-11961
Source
NVD ( link)Debian ( link)
Description
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.
Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
-
Advisories

Analysis#


Affected Component
Analysis
libpcap
Patched

Vulnerability Ratings#


1.9
CVSSv31
NaN
other

Others affected components#


Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
buildroot
2025.02.x
1.10.6
Not Affected
buildroot
master
1.10.6
Not Affected
openwrt
master
1.10.6-r1
Not Affected
openwrt
openwrt-25.12
1.10.6-r1
Not Affected
yocto
kirkstone
1.10.1
Patched
yocto
master
1.10.6
Not Affected

Resolved with patches#


libpcap (yocto:kirkstone)

#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
CVE-2025-11961: Fix OOBR and OOBW in pcap_ether_aton().
Denis Ovsienko <denis@ovsienko.info>
CVE-2025-11961
2
Rename one of the xdtoi() copies to simplify backporting.
Denis Ovsienko <denis@ovsienko.info>
CVE-2025-11961

libpcap (yocto:scarthgap)

#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
CVE-2025-11961: Fix OOBR and OOBW in pcap_ether_aton().
Denis Ovsienko <denis@ovsienko.info>
CVE-2025-11961
2
Rename one of the xdtoi() copies to simplify backporting.
Denis Ovsienko <denis@ovsienko.info>
CVE-2025-11961