CVE-2005-1796

EPSS 8.2%

ettercap - format string error

Published: 5/31/2005Modified: 4/28/2026

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.

Affected packages (2)

Debian/ettercapfrom 0, < 1:0.7.1-1.1
Debian/ettercapfrom 0, < 1:0.7.1-1sarge1

References (1)

ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-1796