ubuntu-cve-2010-3843
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2021-05-28 13:15
Modified
2025-07-16 04:49
Summary
Details

The GTK version of ettercap uses a global settings file at /tmp/.ettercap_gtk and does not verify ownership of this file. When parsing this file for settings in gtkui_conf_read() (src/interfacesgtk/ec_gtk_conf.c), an unchecked sscanf() call allows a maliciously placed settings file to overflow a statically-sized buffer on the stack.

Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
To clipboard 

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ettercap-common",
            "binary_version": "1:0.8.0-11ubuntu0.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ettercap-common-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:0.8.0-11ubuntu0.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ettercap-dbg",
            "binary_version": "1:0.8.0-11ubuntu0.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ettercap-graphical",
            "binary_version": "1:0.8.0-11ubuntu0.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ettercap-graphical-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:0.8.0-11ubuntu0.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ettercap-text-only",
            "binary_version": "1:0.8.0-11ubuntu0.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "ettercap-text-only-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:0.8.0-11ubuntu0.3"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "ettercap",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ettercap@1:0.8.0-11ubuntu0.3?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1:0.8.0-11ubuntu0.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1:0.7.6-1",
        "1:0.8.0-6",
        "1:0.8.0-11",
        "1:0.8.0-11ubuntu0.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "The GTK version of ettercap uses a global settings file at /tmp/.ettercap_gtk and does not verify ownership of this file. When parsing this file for settings in gtkui_conf_read() (src/interfacesgtk/ec_gtk_conf.c), an unchecked sscanf() call allows a maliciously placed settings file to overflow a statically-sized buffer on the stack.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2010-3843",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:49:56Z",
  "published": "2021-05-28T13:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-3843"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3843"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2010-3843"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:42:40Z"
}



Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.





Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.