CVE-2014-5439

Publication date 19 November 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Multiple Stack-based Buffer Overflow vulnerabilities exists in Sniffit prior to 0.3.7 via a crafted configuration file that will bypass Non-eXecutable bit NX, stack smashing protector SSP, and address space layout randomization ASLR protection mechanisms, which could let a malicious user execute arbitrary code.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that SniffIt incorrectly handled certain configuration files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
sniffit	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 0.3.7.beta-19ubuntu0.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 0.3.7.beta-17+deb8u1build0.14.04.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life

Notes

sbeattie

sniffit is not setuid, so this issue only affects configurations where a user is only permitted to run a subset of administrative (e.g. using a sudo configuration that only allows a user to run sniffit).

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-4652-1
SniffIt vulnerability
30 November 2020