CVE-2010-3843

Summary

CVECVE-2010-3843
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-05-28 13:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-08 11:15:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ettercap-project Ettercap 0.7.3 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
643453 – (CVE-2010-3843) CVE-2010-3843 ettercap: insecure global settings file MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: ettercap GTK MISC www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE request: ettercap GTK MISC www.openwall.com
Ettercap Insecure Configuration File Security Issue - Advisories - Community MISC secunia.com
oss-security - CVE request: ettercap GTK MISC www.openwall.com
Bug #656347 “Insecure temporary file and stack buffer overflow” : Bugs : ettercap package : Ubuntu MISC bugs.launchpad.net
oss-security - Re: CVE request: ettercap GTK MISC www.openwall.com
article.gmane.org | 522: Connection timed out MISC article.gmane.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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