CVE-2005-1796

published 2005-05-31

CVE-2005-1796: 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…

Priority P3 41 high 7.5 CVSS 2.0

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

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

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	ettercap	< ettercap 1:0.7.1-1.1 (bookworm)	ettercap 1:0.7.1-1.1 (bookworm)
ettercap-project	ettercap	>= 0 < 1:0.7.1-1.1	1:0.7.1-1.1
ettercap-project	ettercap	>= 0 < 1:0.7.1-1.1	1:0.7.1-1.1
ettercap-project	ettercap	>= 0 < 1:0.7.1-1.1	1:0.7.1-1.1
ettercap-project	ettercap	>= 0 < 1:0.7.1-1.1	1:0.7.1-1.1
ettercap	ettercap	< 0.7.3	0.7.3

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 7.5 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv 7.5 HIGH

vendor_debian 7.5 HIGH

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