MGASA-2017-0130

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    MGASA-2017-0130

    Published: 7 May 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-6430

    Summary: Updated ettercap packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Etterfilter utility of Ettercap have an out-of-bounds read denial-of-service vulnerability when parsing a crafted file. This occurs in the compile_tree function of the ef_compiler.c source file when processing corrupted filters (CVE-2017-6430).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0130.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20486, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/Q6NUJRIY4LV42YSZYHP34LOL73PN4ZO2/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ettercap

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/ettercap?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.8.2-1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
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    Availability
    None
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