Description
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.
References (6)
Core 6
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/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534248/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71695
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/610
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/604
Scores
EPSS
0.0266
EPSS Percentile
86.0%
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (1)
ettercap-project/ettercap
0.8.1
Published
Dec 19, 2014
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026