CVEvulnerability
CVE-2005-1796
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2005-05-31
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
Format 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.
Affected configurations
• ettercap ettercap (< 0.7.3)
• debian debian linux 3.0
• debian debian linux 3.1
References
- http://ettercap.sourceforge.net/history.php Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15535 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15664 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16000 Broken Link
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014084 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-749 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-07.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13820 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0670 Permissions Required
- http://ettercap.sourceforge.net/history.php Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15535 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/15664 Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16000 Broken Link
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1014084 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-749 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-07.xml Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13820 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0670 Permissions Required