Vulnerability in Ettercap-Project Ettercap
CVE-2014-9376
Integer underflow in Ettercap 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a small (1) size variable value in the dissector_dhcp function in dissectors/ec_dhcp.c, (2) length value to the dissector_gg function in dissectors/ec_gg.c, or (3) string length to the get_decode_len function in ec_utils.c or a request without a (4) username or (5) password to the dissector_TN3270 function in dissectors/ec_TN3270.c.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.041 (90.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.041 · newest: 0.041 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Ettercap-Project Ettercap — versions 0.8.1
References
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201505-01 (vendor-advisory)
- github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/606
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/71696 (vdb-entry)
- www.obrela.com/home/security-labs/advisories/osi-advisory-osi-1402/
- github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/602
- github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/605
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534248/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/609