Out-of-Bounds Affecting ettercap/ettercap package, versions [,0.8.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.82% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-ETTERCAPETTERCAP-2374176
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed19 Dec 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Dec 2014

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

How to fix?

Upgrade ettercap/ettercap to version 0.8.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. 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.

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