PT-2014-8973 · Ettercap · Ettercap

Nicksampanis · Published 2014-12-19 · Updated 2020-02-26 · CVE-2014-9378

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ettercap version 0.8.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code. This can be achieved by sending a crafted name to the parse line function in mdns spoof/mdns spoof.c or a base64 encoded password to the dissector imap function in dissectors/ec imap.c.

Recommendations For Ettercap version 0.8.1, as a temporary workaround, consider disabling the parse line function in mdns spoof/mdns spoof.c and the dissector imap function in dissectors/ec imap.c until a patch is available. Avoid using base64 encoded passwords in the affected dissector imap function until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-9378

MGASA-2015-0012

Affected Products

Ettercap

References · 13

• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0012.html · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9378 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9378 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-9378 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201505-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9378 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2015-0012 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/604 · Note
• https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/610 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/534248/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://obrela.com/home/security-labs/advisories/osi-advisory-osi-1402 · Note
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14919 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/71695 · Note