PT-2017-17060 · Ettercap · Ettercap

Rajulla · Published 2017-03-15 · Updated 2020-02-26 · CVE-2017-6430

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Ettercap versions 0.8.2 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically an out-of-bounds read, by utilizing a crafted filter. This is related to the compile tree function in ef compiler.c in the Etterfilter utility.

Recommendations For Ettercap versions 0.8.2 and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-6430

DSA-3874-1

MGASA-2017-0130

Affected Products

Ettercap

References · 24

• 🔥 https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/issues/782 · Exploit
• https://github.com/LocutusOfBorg/ettercap/commit/626dc56686f15f2dda13c48f78c2a666cb6d8506 · Patch
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8366 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-6430 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6430 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2017-0130 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3874 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/Q6NUJRIY4LV42YSZYHP34LOL73PN4ZO2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-6430 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-3874-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6430 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ettercap · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-6430 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6430 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6430 · Security Note