Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU35098

Buffer overflow in Ettercap and Debian Linux - CVE-2010-3844

Published: November 12, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU35098

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber

CVE-ID: CVE-2010-3844

CWE-ID: CWE-120

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: ettercap.sourceforge.net
Debian

Affected software:
Ettercap
Debian Linux

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

An unchecked sscanf() call in ettercap before 0.7.5 allows an insecure temporary settings file to overflow a static-sized buffer on the stack.

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