libpcap - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: libpcap (main)
version: 1.10.5-2
maintainer: Debian Security Tools (DMD)
arch: any
std-ver: 4.7.0
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: 1.10.5-2
unstable: 1.10.5-2

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]

binaries

libpcap-dev
libpcap0.8-dev (1 bugs: 0, 1, 0, 0)
libpcap0.8t64

action needed

A new upstream version is available: 1.10.6 high

A new upstream version 1.10.6 is available, you should consider packaging it.

Created: 2026-01-01 Last update: 2026-01-01 15:30

1 security issue in sid high

There is 1 open security issue in sid.

1 important issue:

CVE-2025-11961: 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.

Created: 2025-12-31 Last update: 2025-12-31 18:00

1 security issue in forky high

There is 1 open security issue in forky.

1 important issue:

CVE-2025-11961: 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.

Created: 2025-12-31 Last update: 2025-12-31 18:00

1 bug tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 1 bug, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2025-01-06 Last update: 2026-01-01 20:30

1 open merge request in Salsa normal

There is 1 open merge request for this package on Salsa. You should consider reviewing and/or merging these merge requests.

Created: 2025-09-24 Last update: 2025-09-24 01:02

lintian reports 5 warnings normal

Lintian reports 5 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2025-02-09 Last update: 2025-08-27 09:31

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: 2025-12-31 18:00

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: 2025-12-31 18:00

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.3 instead of 4.7.0).

Created: 2025-02-21 Last update: 2025-12-23 20:00

news

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[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)
[2021-09-05] Accepted libpcap 1.10.1-4 (source) into unstable (Romain Francoise)
[2021-09-02] libpcap 1.10.1-3 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)
[2021-08-28] Accepted libpcap 1.10.1-3 (source) into unstable (Romain Francoise)
[2021-08-21] libpcap 1.10.1-2 MIGRATED to testing (Debian testing watch)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 12
RC: 0
I&N: 5
M&W: 7
F&P: 0
patch: 1

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version: 1.10.5-2ubuntu2
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