CVE-2005-1796

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-1796
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-31 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionFormat string vulnerability in the curses_msg function in the Ncurses interface (ec_curses.c) for Ettercap before 0.7.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All All All
Application Ettercap Ettercap All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Ettercap Format String Flaw in curses_msg() Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Ettercap: Format string vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
Secunia - Advisories - Ettercap "curses_msg()" Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for ettercap af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for ettercap af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Broken Link
Ettercap Remote Format String Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-749-1 ettercap af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
ettercap af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ettercap.sourceforge.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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