CVE-2017-8366

Published: 30 April 2017

The strescape function in ec_strings.c in Ettercap 0.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted filter that is mishandled by etterfilter.

Priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package	Release	Status
ettercap Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	precise	Ignored (end of life)
	trusty	Released (1:0.8.0-11ubuntu0.3)
	upstream	Released
	xenial	Released (1:0.8.2-2ubuntu1.16.04.1)
	yakkety	Released (1:0.8.2-2ubuntu1.16.10.1)
	zesty	Released (1:0.8.2-4ubuntu1.17.04.1)

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	9.8
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Bugs

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=861604

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