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TITLE:
Ettercap "curses_msg()" Format String Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15535
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15535/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Ettercap 0.x
http://secunia.com/product/5191/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Ettercap, which can be exploited
by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a format string error in the
"curses_msg()" function in the Ncurses interface and can be exploited
to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted string containing
format specifiers as password of any dissector.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.7.3.
http://ettercap.sourceforge.net/download.php
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by vendor.
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