UBUNTU-CVE-2010-3843

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-3843
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2010/UBUNTU-CVE-2010-3843.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2010-3843
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:42:40Z
Published
2021-05-28T13:15:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:16:58.376243Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

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

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / ettercap

Package

Name
ettercap
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ettercap@1:0.8.0-11ubuntu0.3?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:0.8.0-11ubuntu0.3

Affected versions

1:0.*
1:0.7.6-1
1:0.8.0-6
1:0.8.0-11
1:0.8.0-11ubuntu0.1

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"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2010/UBUNTU-CVE-2010-3843.json"