Out-of-Bounds The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package ettercap  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1510-ETTERCAP-630285
  • published19 Dec 2014
  • disclosed19 Dec 2014

Introduced: 19 Dec 2014

CVE-2014-6396  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:15.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ettercap package and not the ettercap package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The dissector_postgresql function in dissectors/ec_postgresql.c in Ettercap before 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted password length, which triggers a 0 character to be written to an arbitrary memory location.