Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 28, 2021· Updated Aug 7, 2024
CVE-2010-3843
CVE-2010-3843
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.
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Affected products
2- ettercap/ettercapdescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/3660mitrex_refsource_MISC
- bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ettercap/+bug/656347mitrex_refsource_MISC
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgimitrex_refsource_MISC
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