libpcap - Debian Package Tracker

general

source: libpcap (main)
version: 1.10.6-1
maintainer: Debian Security Tools (DMD)
arch: any
std-ver: 4.7.3
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: 1.10.6-1
unstable: 1.10.6-1

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]
1.10.6-1: [.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

lintian reports 1 error and 2 warnings high

Lintian reports 1 error and 2 warnings about this package. You should make the package lintian clean getting rid of them.

Created: 2025-02-09 Last update: 2026-02-16 10:49

2 bugs tagged patch in the BTS normal

The BTS contains patches fixing 2 bugs, consider including or untagging them.

Created: 2026-06-02 Last update: 2026-06-29 23:30

2 new commits since last upload, is it time to release? normal

vcswatch reports that this package seems to have new commits in its VCS but has not yet updated debian/changelog. You should consider updating the Debian changelog and uploading this new version into the archive.

Here are the relevant commit logs:

commit 2c799b8bf4481239305f4b0d6dac06cd497b6648
Merge: 671a389 94b2c3b
Author: Alexandre Detiste <alexandre.detiste@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Jun 21 19:04:51 2026 +0200

    Merge branch 'lintian-fixes' into 'master'
    
    Fix some issues reported by lintian
    
    See merge request debian/libpcap!7

commit 94b2c3bd91175c3851e970c3e6af82f6554413f1
Author: Debian Janitor <janitor@jelmer.uk>
Date:   Wed Mar 1 06:41:48 2023 +0000

    Move transitional package libpcap-dev to oldlibs/optional per policy 4.0.1.
    
    Changes-By: lintian-brush
    Fixes: lintian: transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional
    See-also: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/transitional-package-not-oldlibs-optional.html

Created: 2026-06-21 Last update: 2026-06-28 10:33

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: 2026-04-28 19:02

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: 2026-04-28 19:02

Standards version of the package is outdated. wishlist

The package should be updated to follow the last version of Debian Policy (Standards-Version 4.7.4 instead of 4.7.3).

Created: 2026-03-31 Last update: 2026-03-31 15:01

news

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[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)
[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)

bugs [bug history graph]

all: 12
RC: 0
I&N: 5
M&W: 7
F&P: 0
patch: 2

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