shield Security update for libpcap

SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-370

This update for libpcap fixes the following issues: - CVE-2025-11961: missing validation of provided MAC-48 address string in `pcap_ether_aton()` can lead to out-of-bounds read and write (bsc#1255765). - CVE-2024-8006: missing return value check in `pcap_findalldevs_ex()` can lead to NULL pointer dereference (bsc#1230034). - CVE-2023-7256: unclear value returned by `sock_initaddress()` can lead to a double-free (bsc#1230020).

• Release Date
  Jan 8 2026
• References
  Bugzilla: 1230020, 1230034, 1255765
  CVEs: CVE-2023-7256, CVE-2024-8006, CVE-2025-11961
• Type
  security
• Severity
  moderate

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SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 x86_64

• Packages
  libpcap1
  A Library for Network Sniffers

  1.10.4-slfo.1.1_2.1 lock rpm

SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 s390x

• Packages
  libpcap1
  A Library for Network Sniffers

  1.10.4-slfo.1.1_2.1 lock rpm

SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 ppc64le

• Packages
  libpcap1
  A Library for Network Sniffers

  1.10.4-slfo.1.1_2.1 lock rpm

SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 aarch64

• Packages
  libpcap1
  A Library for Network Sniffers

  1.10.4-slfo.1.1_2.1 lock rpm