CVE-2005-1796

critical

Description

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

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/0670

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200506-07.xml

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-749

http://ettercap.sourceforge.net/history.php

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-05-31

Updated: 2023-03-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical