<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201405-12"> <title>Ettercap: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Ettercap, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">ettercap</product> <announced>2014-05-17</announced> <revised count="1">2014-05-17</revised> <bug>340897</bug> <bug>451198</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="net-analyzer/ettercap" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">0.7.5.2</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">0.7.5.2</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>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Ettercap:</p> <ul> <li>Ettercap does not handle temporary files securely (CVE-2010-3843).</li> <li>A format string flaw in Ettercap could cause a buffer overflow (CVE-2010-3844). </li> <li>A stack-based buffer overflow exists in Ettercap (CVE-2013-0722).</li> </ul> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>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. </p> <p>A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running the application. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All Ettercap users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-analyzer/ettercap-0.7.5.2" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3843">CVE-2010-3843</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-3844">CVE-2010-3844</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-0722">CVE-2013-0722</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2012-10-15T00:56:47Z">ackle</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-05-17T17:46:36Z">ackle</metadata> </glsa>