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65 lines
1.9 KiB
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200506-07">
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<title>Ettercap: Format string vulnerability</title>
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<synopsis>
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A format string vulnerability in Ettercap could allow a remote attacker to
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execute arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">ettercap</product>
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<announced>2005-06-11</announced>
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<revised count="01">2005-06-11</revised>
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<bug>94474</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="net-analyzer/ettercap" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">0.7.3</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">0.7.3</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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Ettercap is a suite of tools for content filtering, sniffing and
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man in the middle attacks on a LAN.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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The curses_msg function of Ettercap's Ncurses-based user interface
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insecurely implements formatted printing.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="high">
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<p>
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A remote attacker could craft a malicious network flow that would
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result in executing arbitrary code with the rights of the user running
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the Ettercap tool, which is often root.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All Ettercap users should upgrade to the latest available version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/ettercap-0.7.3"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1796">CAN-2005-1796</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2005-06-08T08:05:23Z">
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koon
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-06-08T16:01:35Z">
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DerCorny
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-06-11T08:22:41Z">
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koon
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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