cvelist/2010/3xxx/CVE-2010-3843.json

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    "data_format": "MITRE",
    "data_version": "4.0",
    "CVE_data_meta": {
        "ID": "CVE-2010-3843",
        "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com",
        "STATE": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "affects": {
        "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
                {
                    "vendor_name": "n/a",
                    "product": {
                        "product_data": [
                            {
                                "product_name": "ettercap",
                                "version": {
                                    "version_data": [
                                        {
                                            "version_value": "ettercap 0.7.5"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "problemtype": {
        "problemtype_data": [
            {
                "description": [
                    {
                        "lang": "eng",
                        "value": "CWE-787"
                    }
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "references": {
        "reference_data": [
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643453",
                "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=643453"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ettercap/+bug/656347",
                "url": "https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ettercap/+bug/656347"
            },
            {
                "refsource": "MISC",
                "name": "http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/3660",
                "url": "http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/3660"
            }
        ]
    },
    "description": {
        "description_data": [
            {
                "lang": "eng",
                "value": "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."
            }
        ]
    }
}