| 1 |
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| 2 |
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201405-12 |
| 3 |
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| 4 |
http://security.gentoo.org/ |
| 5 |
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| 6 |
|
| 7 |
Severity: Normal |
| 8 |
Title: Ettercap: Multiple vulnerabilities |
| 9 |
Date: May 17, 2014 |
| 10 |
Bugs: #340897, #451198 |
| 11 |
ID: 201405-12 |
| 12 |
|
| 13 |
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
| 14 |
|
| 15 |
Synopsis |
| 16 |
======== |
| 17 |
|
| 18 |
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Ettercap, the worst of |
| 19 |
which may allow execution of arbitrary code. |
| 20 |
|
| 21 |
Background |
| 22 |
========== |
| 23 |
|
| 24 |
Ettercap is a suite of tools for content filtering, sniffing and man in |
| 25 |
the middle attacks on a LAN. |
| 26 |
|
| 27 |
Affected packages |
| 28 |
================= |
| 29 |
|
| 30 |
------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 31 |
Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
| 32 |
------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| 33 |
1 net-analyzer/ettercap < 0.7.5.2 >= 0.7.5.2 |
| 34 |
|
| 35 |
Description |
| 36 |
=========== |
| 37 |
|
| 38 |
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ettercap: |
| 39 |
|
| 40 |
* Ettercap does not handle temporary files securely (CVE-2010-3843). |
| 41 |
* A format string flaw in Ettercap could cause a buffer overflow |
| 42 |
(CVE-2010-3844). |
| 43 |
* A stack-based buffer overflow exists in Ettercap (CVE-2013-0722). |
| 44 |
|
| 45 |
Impact |
| 46 |
====== |
| 47 |
|
| 48 |
A remote attacker could entice a user to load a specially crafted |
| 49 |
configuration file using Ettercap, possibly resulting in execution of |
| 50 |
arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of |
| 51 |
Service condition. |
| 52 |
|
| 53 |
A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary |
| 54 |
files with the privileges of the user running the application. |
| 55 |
|
| 56 |
Workaround |
| 57 |
========== |
| 58 |
|
| 59 |
There is no known workaround at this time. |
| 60 |
|
| 61 |
Resolution |
| 62 |
========== |
| 63 |
|
| 64 |
All Ettercap users should upgrade to the latest version: |
| 65 |
|
| 66 |
# emerge --sync |
| 67 |
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/ettercap-0.7.5.2" |
| 68 |
|
| 69 |
References |
| 70 |
========== |
| 71 |
|
| 72 |
[ 1 ] CVE-2010-3843 |
| 73 |
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3843 |
| 74 |
[ 2 ] CVE-2010-3844 |
| 75 |
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3844 |
| 76 |
[ 3 ] CVE-2013-0722 |
| 77 |
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0722 |
| 78 |
|
| 79 |
Availability |
| 80 |
============ |
| 81 |
|
| 82 |
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
| 83 |
the Gentoo Security Website: |
| 84 |
|
| 85 |
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201405-12.xml |
| 86 |
|
| 87 |
Concerns? |
| 88 |
========= |
| 89 |
|
| 90 |
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
| 91 |
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost |
| 92 |
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
| 93 |
security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
| 94 |
https://bugs.gentoo.org. |
| 95 |
|
| 96 |
License |
| 97 |
======= |
| 98 |
|
| 99 |
Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
| 100 |
belongs to its owner(s). |
| 101 |
|
| 102 |
The contents of this document are licensed under the |
| 103 |
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
| 104 |
|
| 105 |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 |
Archives