CVE-2010-3844

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 8.8 High

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2019-11-12

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-120

Affected products

• Debian Linux (Debian)
• Ettercap (Ettercap)
• Ettercap (Ettercap-project)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2010-3844
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=600130
• https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/commit/4ef3ede30181eca9add74305ad26dbcb0c3686a0
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3844