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Gentoo GLSA-201405-12 Normal: Risks of Ettercap Execution Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey May 17, 2014
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Ettercap, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ettercap: * Ettercap does not handle temporary files securely (CVE-2010-3843). * A format string flaw in Ettercap could cause a buffer overflow (CVE-2010-3844). * A stack-based buffer overflow exists in Ettercap (CVE-2013-0722).

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Topics Covered

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Resolution

All Ettercap users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/ettercap-0.7.5.2"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2010-3843 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3843 [ 2 ] CVE-2010-3844 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3844 [ 3 ] CVE-2013-0722 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0722

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201405-12
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: Ettercap: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: May 17, 2014
Bugs: #340897, #451198
ID: 201405-12

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Ettercap, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Ettercap is a suite of tools for content filtering, sniffing and man in the middle attacks on a LAN.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-analyzer/ettercap < 0.7.5.2 >= 0.7.5.2

Impact

===== A remote attacker could entice a user to load a specially crafted configuration file using Ettercap, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition. A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.