Input validation error in Ettercap - CVE-2014-9378
Published: December 19, 2014 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40997
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9378
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: ettercap.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
Ettercap
Ettercap
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-9378
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534248/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71695
- https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/604
- https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/610
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201505-01
- https://www.obrela.com/home/security-labs/advisories/osi-advisory-osi-1402/