CVE-2014-6396
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.59% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-12-19 15:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 12:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-09-15
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5a711db32076d2140498f1fb34190382712e499655150de9ac1e54e36686bb90
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201505-01https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201505-01
- www.obrela.comhttps://www.obrela.com/home/security-labs/advisories/osi-advisory-osi-1402/
- github.comhttps://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/commit/e3abe7d7585ecc420a7cab73313216613aadad5a
- www.securityfocus.com71697http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71697
- www.securityfocus.com20141216 "Ettercap 8.0 - 8.1" multiple vulnerabilitieshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534248/100/0/threaded
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- ettercap Fixed in 1:0.8.1-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- ettercap Fixed in 1:0.8.1-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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