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CVE-2005-1796 (GCVE-0-2005-1796)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-06-01 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 22:06
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-20050… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13820 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/16000 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2005-05-31 00:00
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