Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package ettercap (opens in a new tab)
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- published19 Dec 2014
- disclosed19 Dec 2014
Introduced: 19 Dec 2014
CVE-2014-9378 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:17.10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ettercap package and not the ettercap package as distributed by Ubuntu.
Ettercap 0.8.1 does not validate certain return values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) name to the parse_line function in mdns_spoof/mdns_spoof.c or (2) base64 encoded password to the dissector_imap function in dissectors/ec_imap.c.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-9378
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534248/100/0/threaded
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9378
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201505-01
- https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/604
- https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/610
- https://www.obrela.com/home/security-labs/advisories/osi-advisory-osi-1402/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71695
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/35580