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title: "CVE-2014-6396\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-6396

Publication date 19 December 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ettercap | 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 | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6396)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6396)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-6396)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-6396)

### Other references

* <https://www.obrela.com/home/security-labs/advisories/osi-advisory-osi-1402/>
* <https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/commit/e3abe7d7585ecc420a7cab73313216613aadad5a>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-6396>