Fedora 22 : ettercap-0.8.2-1.fc22 (2015-4009)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 81990

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

0.8.2-Ferri

Bug Fix !! Fixed some openssl deprecated functions usage !! Fixed log file ownership !! Fixed mixed output print !! Fixed drop_privs function usage !! Fixed nopromisc option usage. !! Fixed missing break in parser code. !! Improved redirect commands !! Fix truncated VLAN packet headers !! Fix ettercap.rc file (windows only) !! Various cmake fixes !! A ton of BSD bug fixes !! Simplify macosx cmake files !! Fix incorrect sequence number after TCP injection !! Fix pcap length, and aligment problems with libpcap !! Bug fixes and gtk code refactor (gtk box wrapper) !! Fix some ipv6 send issues !! Fixed sleep time on Windows (high CPU usage) !! Fixed many CVE vulnerabilities (some of them already fixed in 0.8.1)

- CVE-2014-6395 (Length Parameter Inconsistency)

- CVE-2014-6396 (Arbitrary write)

- CVE-2014-9376 (Negative index/underflow)

- CVE-2014-9377 (Heap overflow)

- CVE-2014-9378 (Unchecked return value)

- CVE-2014-9379 (Incorrect cast)

- CVE-2014-9380 (Buffer over-read)

- CVE-2014-9381 (Signedness error)

New Features + Updated etter.finger.mac + Add TXT and ANY query support on dns_spoof + New macosx travis-ci build! + Enable again PDF generation

Removed

- Remove gprof support

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Solution

Update the affected ettercap package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 81990

File Name: fedora_2015-4009.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 3/23/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:22, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:ettercap

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/16/2015

Reference Information

BID: 71689, 71690, 71691, 71693, 71695, 71696, 71697, 71698

FEDORA: 2015-4009

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