Debian Security Advisory

DSA-749-1 ettercap -- format string error

Date Reported:
10 Jul 2005
Affected Packages:
ettercap
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-1796.
More information:

A vulnerability was discovered in the ettercap package which could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the system running ettercap.

The old stable distribution (woody) did not include ettercap.

For the stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 0.7.1-1sarge1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.7.3-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your ettercap package.

Fixed in:

Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)

Source:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap_0.7.1.orig.tar.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap_0.7.1-1sarge1.diff.gz
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap_0.7.1-1sarge1.dsc
Alpha:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap-gtk_0.7.1-1sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap-common_0.7.1-1sarge1_alpha.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap_0.7.1-1sarge1_alpha.deb
ARM:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap-gtk_0.7.1-1sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap-common_0.7.1-1sarge1_arm.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap_0.7.1-1sarge1_arm.deb
HP Precision:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap-common_0.7.1-1sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap-gtk_0.7.1-1sarge1_hppa.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap_0.7.1-1sarge1_hppa.deb
Intel IA-32:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap-gtk_0.7.1-1sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap-common_0.7.1-1sarge1_i386.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap_0.7.1-1sarge1_i386.deb
Intel IA-64:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap-common_0.7.1-1sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap_0.7.1-1sarge1_ia64.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap-gtk_0.7.1-1sarge1_ia64.deb
Motorola 680x0:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap_0.7.1-1sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap-gtk_0.7.1-1sarge1_m68k.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap-common_0.7.1-1sarge1_m68k.deb
Big-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap_0.7.1-1sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap-common_0.7.1-1sarge1_mips.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap-gtk_0.7.1-1sarge1_mips.deb
Little-endian MIPS:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap-common_0.7.1-1sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap_0.7.1-1sarge1_mipsel.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap-gtk_0.7.1-1sarge1_mipsel.deb
PowerPC:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap-common_0.7.1-1sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap_0.7.1-1sarge1_powerpc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap-gtk_0.7.1-1sarge1_powerpc.deb
IBM S/390:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap-common_0.7.1-1sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap_0.7.1-1sarge1_s390.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap-gtk_0.7.1-1sarge1_s390.deb
Sun Sparc:
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap-common_0.7.1-1sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap_0.7.1-1sarge1_sparc.deb
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/ettercap/ettercap-gtk_0.7.1-1sarge1_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.