Out-of-Bounds Affecting ettercap/ettercap package, versions [,0.7.5.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-ETTERCAPETTERCAP-2374181
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed11 Jan 2013
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Jan 2013

CVE-2013-0722  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ettercap/ettercap to version 0.7.5.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. Stack-based buffer overflow in the scan_load_hosts function in ec_scan.c in Ettercap 0.7.5.1 and earlier might allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse hosts list containing a long line.

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