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authorAlex Legler <alex@a3li.li>2015-03-08 22:02:38 +0100
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+
+<glsa id="200506-07">
+ <title>Ettercap: Format string vulnerability</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ A format string vulnerability in Ettercap could allow a remote attacker to
+ execute arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">ettercap</product>
+ <announced>June 11, 2005</announced>
+ <revised>June 11, 2005: 01</revised>
+ <bug>94474</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="net-analyzer/ettercap" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">0.7.3</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">0.7.3</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ Ettercap is a suite of tools for content filtering, sniffing and
+ man in the middle attacks on a LAN.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ The curses_msg function of Ettercap's Ncurses-based user interface
+ insecurely implements formatted printing.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="high">
+ <p>
+ A remote attacker could craft a malicious network flow that would
+ result in executing arbitrary code with the rights of the user running
+ the Ettercap tool, which is often root.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>
+ There is no known workaround at this time.
+ </p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>
+ All Ettercap users should upgrade to the latest available version:
+ </p>
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=net-analyzer/ettercap-0.7.3&quot;</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-1796">CAN-2005-1796</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 08 Jun 2005 08:05:23 +0000">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 08 Jun 2005 16:01:35 +0000">
+ DerCorny
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sat, 11 Jun 2005 08:22:41 +0000">
+ koon
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>