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general
  • source: libpcap (main)
  • version: 1.10.6-2
  • maintainer: Debian Security Tools (DMD)
  • arch: any
  • std-ver: 4.7.4
  • VCS: Git (Browse, QA)
versions [more versions can be listed by madison] [old versions available from snapshot.debian.org]
[pool directory]
  • o-o-stable: 1.10.0-2
  • oldstable: 1.10.3-1
  • stable: 1.10.5-2
  • testing: 1.10.6-2
  • unstable: 1.10.6-2
versioned links
  • 1.10.0-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 1.10.3-1: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 1.10.5-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
  • 1.10.6-2: [.dsc, use dget on this link to retrieve source package] [changelog] [copyright] [rules] [control]
binaries
  • libpcap-dev
  • libpcap0.8-dev (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
  • libpcap0.8t64
action needed
Failed to analyze the VCS repository. Please troubleshoot and fix the issue. high
vcswatch reports that there is an error with this package's VCS, or the debian/changelog file inside it. Please check the error shown below and try to fix it. You might have to update the VCS URL in the debian/control file to point to the correct repository.

fatal: unable to access 'https://salsa.debian.org/debian/libpcap.git/': The requested URL returned error: 503
Created: 2026-07-15 Last update: 2026-07-24 04:20
lintian reports 1 error high
Lintian reports 1 error about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.
Created: 2025-02-09 Last update: 2026-07-15 04:47
1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal
The BTS contains patches fixing 1 bug, consider including or untagging them.
Created: 2026-06-02 Last update: 2026-07-26 04:00
1 low-priority security issue in trixie low

There is 1 open security issue in trixie.

1 issue left for the package maintainer to handle:
  • CVE-2025-11961: (needs triaging) 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.

You can find information about how to handle this issue in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2025-12-31 Last update: 2026-07-20 06:30
1 low-priority security issue in bookworm low

There is 1 open security issue in bookworm.

1 issue left for the package maintainer to handle:
  • CVE-2025-11961: (needs triaging) 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.

You can find information about how to handle this issue in the security team's documentation.

Created: 2025-12-31 Last update: 2026-07-20 06:30
debian/patches: 1 patch to forward upstream low

Among the 5 debian patches available in version 1.10.6-2 of the package, we noticed the following issues:

  • 1 patch where the metadata indicates that the patch has not yet been forwarded upstream. You should either forward the patch upstream or update the metadata to document its real status.
Created: 2026-07-15 Last update: 2026-07-15 10:01
news
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  • [2026-07-20] libpcap 1.10.6-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2026-07-14] Accepted libpcap 1.10.6-2 (source) into unstable (Sven Geuer)
  • [2026-02-21] libpcap 1.10.6-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2026-02-15] Accepted libpcap 1.10.6-1 (source) into unstable (Peter Wienemann)
  • [2025-02-14] libpcap 1.10.5-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2025-02-09] Accepted libpcap 1.10.5-2 (source) into unstable (Romain Francoise)
  • [2024-09-12] libpcap 1.10.5-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-09-01] Accepted libpcap 1.10.5-1 (source) into unstable (Romain Francoise)
  • [2024-05-09] libpcap 1.10.4-5 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-05-04] Accepted libpcap 1.10.4-5 (source) into unstable (Romain Francoise)
  • [2024-05-02] libpcap 1.10.4-4.1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2024-02-28] Accepted libpcap 1.10.4-4.1 (source) into unstable (Benjamin Drung)
  • [2024-02-02] Accepted libpcap 1.10.4-4.1~exp1 (source) into experimental (Steve Langasek)
  • [2023-08-21] libpcap 1.10.4-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-08-14] Accepted libpcap 1.10.4-4 (source) into unstable (Romain Francoise)
  • [2023-07-27] libpcap 1.10.4-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-07-22] Accepted libpcap 1.10.4-3 (source) into unstable (Romain Francoise)
  • [2023-06-23] libpcap 1.10.4-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-06-17] Accepted libpcap 1.10.4-2 (source) into unstable (Romain Francoise)
  • [2023-04-10] Accepted libpcap 1.10.4-1 (source) into experimental (Romain Francoise)
  • [2023-01-21] Accepted libpcap 1.10.3-1~bpo11+1 (source) into bullseye-backports (Romain Francoise)
  • [2023-01-20] libpcap 1.10.3-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-01-14] Accepted libpcap 1.10.3-1 (source) into unstable (Romain Francoise)
  • [2023-01-12] Accepted libpcap 1.10.2-1~bpo11+1 (source) into bullseye-backports (Romain Francoise)
  • [2023-01-10] libpcap 1.10.2-1 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
  • [2023-01-03] Accepted libpcap 1.10.2-1 (source) into unstable (Romain Francoise)
  • [2022-03-05] Accepted libpcap 1.8.1-6+deb10u1 (source) into oldstable-proposed-updates->oldstable-new, oldstable-proposed-updates (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Adrian Bunk)
  • [2021-12-26] Accepted libpcap 1.8.1-3+deb9u1 (source) into oldoldstable (Adrian Bunk)
  • [2021-11-13] Accepted libpcap 1.10.1-4~bpo11+1 (amd64 source) into bullseye-backports, bullseye-backports (Debian FTP Masters) (signed by: Romain Francoise)
  • [2021-09-10] libpcap 1.10.1-4 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
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bugs [bug history graph]
  • all: 11
  • RC: 0
  • I&N: 4
  • M&W: 7
  • F&P: 0
  • patch: 1
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  • version: 1.10.6-1ubuntu1
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