CVE-2014-6396
Ettercap < 0.8.0 - Denial of Service and Possible Remote Code Execution via Crafted PostgreSQL Password Length
Title source: llmDescription
The dissector_postgresql function in dissectors/ec_postgresql.c in Ettercap before 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted password length, which triggers a 0 character to be written to an arbitrary memory location.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201505-01
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
https://www.obrela.com/home/security-labs/advisories/osi-advisory-osi-1402/
Patch x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/commit/e3abe7d7585ecc420a7cab73313216613aadad5a
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71697
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534248/100/0/threaded
Scores
EPSS
0.0359
EPSS Percentile
88.1%
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (1)
ettercap-project/ettercap
< 0.8.0
Published
Dec 19, 2014
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026