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Debian: CVE-2010-3843: ettercap -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2010-3843: ettercap -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/28/2021
Created
07/31/2024
Added
07/30/2024
Modified
07/30/2024

Description

The GTK version of ettercap uses a global settings file at /tmp/.ettercap_gtk and does not verify ownership of this file. When parsing this file for settings in gtkui_conf_read() (src/interfacesgtk/ec_gtk_conf.c), an unchecked sscanf() call allows a maliciously placed settings file to overflow a statically-sized buffer on the stack.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-ettercap

References

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