Out-of-bounds Read Affecting ettercap/ettercap package, versions [,0.8.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.01% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-ETTERCAPETTERCAP-2374183
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed15 Mar 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Mar 2017

CVE-2017-6430  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ettercap/ettercap to version 0.8.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. The compile_tree function in ef_compiler.c in the Etterfilter utility in Ettercap 0.8.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted filter.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1