Mageia alert MGASA-2026-0005 (libpcap)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2026-0005: Updated libpcap packages fix security vulnerability
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Sat, 10 Jan 2026 06:08:35 +0100
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Article
MGASA-2026-0005 - Updated libpcap packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 10 Jan 2026
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2026-0005.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 9
CVE: CVE-2025-11961

Description:
OOBR and OOBW in pcap_ether_aton() in libpcap. (CVE-2025-11961)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34939
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http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-...
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2025-1...

SRPMS:
- 9/core/libpcap-1.10.6-1.mga9