Vulnerability CVE-2010-3844
Published: 2019-11-12   Modified: 2019-11-14

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.

Type:

CWE-120

 (Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Ettercap project -> Ettercap 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 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
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