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.
Affected products
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References
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201505-01 ↗
- https://www.obrela.com/home/security-labs/advisories/osi-advisory-osi-1402/ ↗
- https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/610 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534248/100/0/threaded ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71695 ↗
- https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/pull/604 ↗