CVE-2010-3844

high

Description

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.

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3844

https://github.com/Ettercap/ettercap/commit/4ef3ede30181eca9add74305ad26dbcb0c3686a0

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=600130

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-11-12

Updated: 2020-02-26

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

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

Severity: High