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CVE-2017-6430 (GCVE-0-2017-6430)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-15 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 15:25

Summary

The compile_tree function in ef_compiler.c in the Etterfilter utility in Ettercap 0.8.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted filter.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

6 references

URL	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540223/100…	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96582	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3874	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
https://github.com/LocutusOfBorg/ettercap/commit/…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/issues/782	x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038057	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK

Date Public

2017-03-06 00:00

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CNVD-2017-03120

Vulnerability from cnvd - Published: 2017-03-22

Title

Ettercap越边界读取拒绝服务漏洞

Description

Ettercap是一个Linux和BSD系统下的多用途数据包嗅探程序，它也已经被移植到Windows平台下。 Ettercap存在拒绝服务漏洞。攻击者可利用此漏洞造成受影响应用程序崩溃，拒绝向合法用户提供服务。

Severity

中

Patch Name

Ettercap越边界读取拒绝服务漏洞的补丁

Patch Description

Ettercap是一个Linux和BSD系统下的多用途数据包嗅探程序，它也已经被移植到Windows平台下。 Ettercap存在拒绝服务漏洞。攻击者可利用此漏洞造成受影响应用程序崩溃，拒绝向合法用户提供服务。目前，供应商发布了安全公告及相关补丁信息，修复了此漏洞。

Formal description

厂商已发布了漏洞修复程序，请及时关注更新： http://ettercap.github.io/ettercap/

Reference

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96582

Impacted products

Name
Ettercap Ettercap <=0.8.2

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FKIE_CVE-2017-6430

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-03-15 15:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:22

Severity

5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Summary

The compile_tree function in ef_compiler.c in the Etterfilter utility in Ettercap 0.8.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted filter.

References

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3874
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540223/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96582	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038057
cve@mitre.org	https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/issues/782	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org	https://github.com/LocutusOfBorg/ettercap/commit/626dc56686f15f2dda13c48f78c2a666cb6d8506	Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3874
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540223/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96582	Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038057
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/issues/782	Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/LocutusOfBorg/ettercap/commit/626dc56686f15f2dda13c48f78c2a666cb6d8506	Patch, Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	ettercap-project	ettercap	*

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GHSA-J8FM-F42X-52JX

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:28 – Updated: 2022-05-13 01:28

Details

The compile_tree function in ef_compiler.c in the Etterfilter utility in Ettercap 0.8.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted filter.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Show details on source website

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  "id": "GHSA-j8fm-f42x-52jx",
  "modified": "2022-05-13T01:28:03Z",
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}

GSD-2017-6430

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21

Details

The compile_tree function in ef_compiler.c in the Etterfilter utility in Ettercap 0.8.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted filter.

Aliases

CVE-2017-6430

Aliases

CVE-2017-6430

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ubuntu-cve-2017-6430

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2017-03-15 15:59

Modified

2025-09-08 16:44

Summary

Details

The compile_tree function in ef_compiler.c in the Etterfilter utility in Ettercap 0.8.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted filter.

Severity

5.5 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-6430	REPORT
	https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/issues/782	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6430	REPORT

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Sightings

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Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base model, served locally by ML-Gateway. They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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