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FKIE_CVE-2005-1796

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-05-31 04:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:13
Severity
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://ettercap.sourceforge.net/history.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/15535Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/15664Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/16000Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1014084Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-749Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-07.xmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13820Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0670Permissions Required
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://ettercap.sourceforge.net/history.phpPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/15535Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/15664Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/16000Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1014084Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-749Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-07.xmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13820Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0670Permissions Required
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ettercap ettercap *
debian debian_linux 3.0
debian debian_linux 3.1

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