Debian DSA-3874-1 : ettercap - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 100725

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Agostino Sarubbo and AromalUllas discovered that ettercap, a network security tool for traffic interception, contains vulnerabilities that allowed an attacker able to provide maliciously crafted filters to cause a denial-of-service via application crash.

Solution

Upgrade the ettercap packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1:0.8.1-3+deb8u1.

For the upcoming stable (stretch) and unstable (sid) distributions, these problems have been fixed in version 1:0.8.2-4.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 100725

File Name: debian_DSA-3874.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/12/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:ettercap, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-6430, CVE-2017-8366

DSA: 3874

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