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CVE-2010-3843 The GTK version of ettercap uses a global settings file at /tmp/.ettercap_gtk and does not verify ownership of this file

Description

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.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
ettercap Versions not published

Other CVEs of ettercap

The 3 CVEs of ettercap →
CVE-2026-9365 A vulnerability has been found in Ettercap up to 0.8.3 6.3 Medium CVE-2026-3606 A vulnerability has been found in Ettercap 0.8.4-Garofalo 4.8 Medium
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