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CVE-2010-3844 (GCVE-0-2010-3844)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-11-12 21:47 – Updated: 2024-08-07 03:26

Summary

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.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

Buffer Overflow

Assigner

redhat redhat root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2…	x_refsource_MISC
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3844	x_refsource_MISC
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/commit/4ef3e…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
ettercap	ettercap	Affected: 0.7.3	guessed

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FKIE_CVE-2010-3844

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2019-11-12 22:15 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:23

Severity

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

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.

References

URL	Tags
secalert@redhat.com	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3844	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com	https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=600130	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com	https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/commit/4ef3ede30181eca9add74305ad26dbcb0c3686a0
secalert@redhat.com	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3844	Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3844	Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=600130	Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/commit/4ef3ede30181eca9add74305ad26dbcb0c3686a0
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3844	Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
ettercap-project	ettercap	0.7.3
debian	debian_linux	8.0
debian	debian_linux	9.0
debian	debian_linux	10.0

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GHSA-2JFF-XPP2-45X2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-04-21 01:57 – Updated: 2022-04-21 01:57

Details

An unchecked sscanf() call in ettercap 0.7.3 allows an insecure temporary settings file to overflow a static-sized buffer on the stack.

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}

GSD-2010-3844

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21

Details

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.

Aliases

CVE-2010-3844

Aliases

CVE-2010-3844

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ubuntu-cve-2010-3844 Withdrawn 2025-07-18

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2019-11-12 22:15

Modified

2025-07-16 04:49

Summary

Details

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.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-3844	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3844	REPORT

JSON

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        "availability": "No subscription required",
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}

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GHSA-2JFF-XPP2-45X2

GSD-2010-3844

ubuntu-cve-2010-3844 Withdrawn 2025-07-18

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