CVE-2014-9378

NameCVE-2014-9378
DescriptionEttercap 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs773416

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
ettercap (PTS)buster1:0.8.2-10fixed
bullseye1:0.8.3.1-3fixed
bookworm1:0.8.3.1-11fixed
sid, trixie1:0.8.3.1-13fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
ettercapsourcesqueeze(not affected)
ettercapsource(unstable)1:0.8.1-3773416

Notes

[squeeze] - ettercap <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present according to upstream author in https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=773416#20)

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